Azle is 1-9 against Aledo since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Azle Hornets will be playing at home against the Aledo Bearcats at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, everything went Azle's way against Saginaw as Azle made off with a 13-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Azle.
Meanwhile, Aledo had already won 20 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 runs), and they went ahead and made it 21 on Friday. They blew past the Bears 15-1. Aledo might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 18 games by six runs or more this season.
Brenlee Gonzales made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Gonzales has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances. Gonzales was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a triple and an RBI.
In other batting news, Ana Flores was a standout: she fired off two home runs and six RBI while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Addie Perry, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Azle is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9-1 record this season. As for Aledo, they pushed their record up to 25-2 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home.
Azle might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Aledo in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Aledo's Taylor McKean, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Now that Azle knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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