The Horizon Honors Eagles will face off against the Joseph City Wildcats at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Horizon Honors' pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against ALA - Anthem South as they made off with a 15-0 victory. Winning may never get old, but the Eagles sure are getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Danica Gutierrez
| 04/10/25 @ ALA - Anthem South | 9 |
| 04/04/25 vs Morenci | 2 |
| 04/01/25 @ Arizona Lutheran Academy | 4 |
| 03/27/25 @ Santa Cruz Valley | 5 |
| 03/20/25 vs Mohave Accelerated | 5 |
| + 9 more games |
Danica Gutierrez made a splash no matter where she played. She struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in April of 2024. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Nicole Topete was incredible, going a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, three RBI, and one triple. CeCe Brown was another key player, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Horizon Honors was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .600. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .312 or higher in nine consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Joseph City waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victors by a 12-3 margin over the Redskins.
Horizon Honors pushed their record up to 13-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Joseph City, their win bumped their record up to 19-2.
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