The Chatfield Chargers will head out on the road to face off against the Arvada West Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Chatfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 12.3 runs per game this season.
Chatfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Columbine, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Chatfield was ranked 17th). Chatfield was the clear victor by a 13-3 margin over Columbine on Monday. The Chargers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by seven runs or more this season.
Isabella Leech made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Leech was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, Chatfield let Kylie Bickford and Ava Burgess loose on the outfield. Bickford fired off two home runs while going 3-for-3, while Burgess scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance gave Bickford a new career-high in home runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Lexie Balfanz, who went 3-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Chatfield kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 11.8.
Meanwhile, Arvada West didn't have quite enough to beat Lakewood on Monday and fell 4-3.
Chatfield is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Arvada West, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.
Chatfield took their victory against Arvada West in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 11-3. Will Chatfield repeat their success, or does Arvada West have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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