The Hazelwood West Wildcats will square off against the Kirkwood Pioneers at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
On Monday, Hazelwood West didn't have quite enough to beat St. Joseph's Academy and fell 7-6.
Allisan Cafolla put in work while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts every time she's pitched this season. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Mia Boschen made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-5. What's more, she also racked up three hits, the mostshe's had since back in September of 2023. Kenna Kalka was another key player, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Kirkwood had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.7 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Panthers a 6-0 shutout.
Hazelwood West's loss dropped their record down to 14-8. As for Kirkwood, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-15 record this season.
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