The Shadow Hills Knights will head out on the road to take on the Palm Desert Aztecs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Shadow Hills is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 13.2 runs per game this season.
After a string of five wins, Shadow Hills' good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Palm Desert by a score of 1-0. Shadow Hills was red-hot at the plate headed into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the five games prior) but Palm Desert's pitcher proved too tough.
Ava Valenzuela spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just zero earned (and one unearned) runs on two hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Shadow Hills saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Amariz Rodriguez, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Shadow Hills' defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-3. As for Palm Desert, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season.
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