The Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks will square off against the Palmer Ridge Bears at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Cheyenne Mountain sitting on three straight wins and Palmer Ridge on four.
Cheyenne Mountain will bounce into Monday's game after beating Discovery Canyon, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Cheyenne Mountain put the hurt on Discovery Canyon with a sharp 15-8 victory on Wednesday. Considering the Red-Tailed Hawks have won seven matches by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Danica Unger made a big impact no matter where she played. She tossed five innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off three hits. Unger was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Corrine Harlow was incredible, going 3-for-3 with three runs, three RBI, and a triple. What's more, she also racked up three hits, the mostshe's had since back in August of 2023. Rylie Hanna was another key player, going 1-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Palmer Ridge posted their closest win since September 9, 2023 on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Falcon , sneaking past 10-8.
The team relied heavily on Sofia Romero, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Kayleigh Garcia, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-5.
Palmer Ridge didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Cheyenne Mountain has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Palmer Ridge, their record now sits at 13-2-1.
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