Cloverdale has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Lower Lake Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Cloverdale is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season.
Cloverdale stacked a fifth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Fort Bragg as Cloverdale made off with a 13-3 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Cloverdale considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Charlotte Burchett spent all five innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on six hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Bella Sanchez and Brianna McNulty did most of the damage at the plate: Sanchez scored two runs while going 2-for-4, while McNulty went 1-for-2 with four RBI, two runs, and a double.
Meanwhile, Lower Lake sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 victory over Upper Lake on Tuesday.
Cloverdale's win bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Lower Lake, their victory bumped their record up to 9-4.
Cloverdale came up short against Lower Lake when the teams last played back in March, falling 6-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lower Lake's Mariah Bal, who fired off two home runs while going 3-for-4. Now that Cloverdale 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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