The Bonneville Lakers will head out on the road to square off against the Northridge Knights at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bonneville is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 14.1 runs per game this season.
Bonneville stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They blew past Roy 17-7. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Bonneville.
Annie Stevenson was a standout: she went 2-for-5 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs. Kaylee McAfee was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 4-for-4.
Meanwhile, Northridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell victim to a rough 14-4 loss at the hands of Viewmont. That's two games in a row now that Northridge has lost by exactly ten runs.
Jaden Anderson made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaydence Chournos, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
Bonneville pushed their record up to 8-1 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.9 runs per game. As for Northridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Northridge's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Bonneville has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 13.3 hits per game. It's a different story for Northridge, though, as they've been averaging 9.6 per game. Given Bonneville's sizable advantage in that area, Northridge will need to find a way to close that gap.
Bonneville came out on top in a nail-biter against Northridge when the teams last played back in May of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Northridge's Amaya Porter, who tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off eight hits. Now that she won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for Bonneville to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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