For the second straight game, La Quinta will face off against Shadow Hills. The Blackhawks will venture away from home to take on the Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (La Quinta 2.6, Shadow Hills 1.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Shadow Hills will be up against a hot La Quinta squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. The Blackhawks' pitchers stepped up to hand the Knights a 5-0 shutout on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Blackhawks have won by exactly five runs.
For Shadow Hills' part, Ava Valenzuela was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: she struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk). Valenzuela has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than one earned run any time she's pitched this season.
At the plate, Shadow Hills saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Annabelle Alvarez, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
Shadow Hills' loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 8-1 and their overall record down to 14-3. As for La Quinta, their win bumped their record up to 16-2-1.
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