Hellgate has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Capital Bruins at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Hellgate is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Big Sky, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Hellgate was ranked 24th). Hellgate lost 22-1 to Big Sky on Saturday. Hellgate has not had much luck with Big Sky recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Hellgate saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kajia Nagle, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Capital put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Monday. They never let Butte onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Capital.
The team relied heavily on Anna Cockhill, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Ali Miller, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Hellgate's loss dropped their record down to 1-14. As for Capital, they pushed their record up to 12-4 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Hellgate suffered a grim 22-0 defeat to Capital when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Capital's Riley Chandler, who fired off two home runs and seven RBI while going 3-for-3. Now that Hellgate knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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