For the second straight game, Willow Canyon will face off against Centennial. The Wildcats will be playing at home against the Coyotes at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. Willow Canyon is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
Willow Canyon blew Centennial out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Tuesday Centennial got their revenge. The Wildcats fell just short of the Coyotes by a score of 3-1. The Wildcats were red-hot at the plate heading into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the three contests prior), but the Coyotes' pitcher proved too tough.
For Centennial's part, Bella Pozar spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on one hit and racked up seven Ks. Pozar has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Centennial saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Serenity Anchondo, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
The win (which was Centennial's eighth in a row) raised their record to 17-9. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for Willow Canyon, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-8.
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