Flowing Wells is 0-5 against Salpointe Catholic since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Flowing Wells Caballeros will look to defend their home field against the Salpointe Catholic Lancers at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While Flowing Wells has not struggled against Sahuaro recently, they managed to flip the script on Thursday. Flowing Wells walked away with a 14-11 win over Sahuaro. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
Yesenia Solano was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, six RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Valarie Scott, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Salpointe Catholic sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 victory over Catalina Foothills on Saturday.
Audri Elias spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Salpointe Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alma Garcia, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Flowing Wells' win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-15. As for Salpointe Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-2 record this season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Flowing Wells hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Salpointe Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.8. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Flowing Wells might still be hurting after the 13-0 loss they got from Salpointe Catholic when the teams last played on Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Salpointe Catholic's Jordan Goedel, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 14 over five innings pitched. Now that Flowing Wells knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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