The Shadow Ridge Stallions will challenge the Apollo Hawks at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Shadow Ridge will be strutting in after a win while Apollo will be coming in after a defeat.
Shadow Ridge gave up the first runs last Wednesday, but they didn't let that get them down. They walked away with a 7-3 victory over Mountain Ridge.
Meanwhile, Apollo lost 14-2 to Tolleson on Thursday. The Hawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Apollo saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Taylor Veloz, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Kassandra Salazar also deserves some recognition as she brought in her first RBI of the season.
Shadow Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 10-8-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for Apollo, their loss dropped their record down to 3-11.
Everything went Shadow Ridge's way against Apollo when the teams last played back in March of 2016, as Shadow Ridge made off with a 7-0 victory. Will the Stallions repeat their success, or do the Hawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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