The Wells Leopards will face off against the Round Mountain Knights at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Wells will be strutting in after a victory while Round Mountain will be coming in after a loss.
Seven must be Wells' lucky number: they beat Pyramid Lake with that score not once but twice on Saturday. The Leopards came out on top against the Lakers by a score of 7-4. The win was familiar territory for the Leopards, who have now won three contests in a row.
Aryanna Rodriguez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and one unearned) runs on eight hits.
On the hitting side, Jitzel Rivas and Adriana Aguilar did most of the damage at the plate: Rivas went 1-for-2 with three RBI, while Aguilar earned one run and four stolen bases. That's the most RBI Rivas has posted over her last 13 games.
Meanwhile, despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, Round Mountain couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They lost 15-0 to the Panthers on Saturday. Having soared to a lofty 21 runs in the game before, the Knights' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Round Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 18-3. As for Wells, their victory bumped their record up to 21-7.
Wells couldn't quite get it done against Round Mountain in their previous meeting back in March as they fell 8-5. Can the Leopards avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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