Palmer Ridge is 2-8 against Air Academy since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Palmer Ridge Bears will head out to square off against the Air Academy Kadets at 4:00 p.m. Palmer Ridge is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.5 runs per game this season.
On Monday, everything went Palmer Ridge's way against Lewis-Palmer as Palmer Ridge made off with a 13-1 victory. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matchups by ten runs or more this season.
Sofia Romero was a standout: she scored three runs while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Corinna Arellano, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Palmer Ridge was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .579. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're batting average total in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Air Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They lost 14-2 to Cheyenne Mountain.
Air Academy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Riya Dravida, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Palmer Ridge pushed their record up to 11-2-1 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Air Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Palmer Ridge hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.9 home runs per game. However, it's not like Air Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Palmer Ridge couldn't quite finish off Air Academy when the teams last played back in October of 2023 and fell 3-1. Can Palmer Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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