The Lamar Thunder will welcome the Brush Beetdiggers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Lamar is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.
On Thursday, Lamar beat Rocky Ford 6-1.
Carlin Weber spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on three hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in five consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Khloe Fernandez and Chloe Weber did most of the damage at the plate: Fernandez scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Chloe scored a run while going 2-for-3. What's more, Weber also posted a .667 batting average, which is the highestshe's posted since back in September. Another player making a difference was Braelinn Penaflor, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Brush). They blew past Weld Central 24-9 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Beetdiggers.
Brush got a massive performance out of Brisa Aguirre-Garcia, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Haedynn Epple, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Brush was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .688. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Lamar has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for Brush, their victory bumped their record up to 8-14.
Everything went Lamar's way against Brush in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Lamar made off with a 15-4 win. Does Lamar have another victory up their sleeve, or will Brush turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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