The Bishop Gorman Gaels will face off against the Arbor View Aggies at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bishop Gorman is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season.
Bishop Gorman is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Centennial, who was ranked fifth at the time (Bishop Gorman was ranked 13th). The Gaels fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 6-5 on Monday. The loss continues a trend for the Gaels in their meetings with the Bulldogs: they've now lost four in a row.
SAMANTHA LEFEVER was cooking despite her team's loss, going 3-for-4 with one home run and two doubles. Another player making a difference was MAKAMAE EUGENIO, who went 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Arbor View made easy work of Green Valley on Thursday and carried off a 14-3 victory. The Aggies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine games by eight runs or more this season.
Ava Henderson made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out ten batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits (and only one walk). She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts in three consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI. That's the most hits she has posted since back in March.
In other batting news, Arbor View got a massive performance out of Lilly Easton, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with three stolen bases, three runs, and one RBI. Those four hits gave Easton a new career-high. Breya Hee was another key player, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one double.
Arbor View is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 15-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.9 runs on average over those games. As for Bishop Gorman, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-10-1.
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