The Las Plumas Thunderbirds will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Corning Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. Both teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Las Plumas stacked a fifth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Red Bluff with a sharp 8-1 win. Eight seems to be a good number for Las Plumas as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Mckena Harvey made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over seven innings pitched. Harvey has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Harvey was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and a triple.
In other batting news, Rylie Mcinturf and Alyssa Nelson did most of the damage at the plate: Mcinturf scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Nelson scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Corning made easy work of Gridley on Wednesday and carried off a 12-2 win.
Las Plumas pushed their record up to 10-2-2 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs per game. As for Corning, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 4-14 record this season.
Las Plumas beat Corning 5-0 in their previous meeting back in March. Does Las Plumas have another victory up their sleeve, or will Corning turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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