The Doral Academy Red Rock Dragons will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Sierra Vista Mountain Lions at 3:30 p.m. One thing working in Doral Academy Red Rock's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last three matches.
Doral Academy Red Rock put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Monday. They never let Bonanza onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory.
Jenna Becker made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 14 over five innings pitched. Becker has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Becker was also big at the plate, scoring four runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Gabriella Rodriguez was incredible, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Olivia Coen, who scored a run and stole two bases.
After soaring to a 15-point win in their last game, Sierra Vista came back down to earth on Monday. They fell just short of Basic by a score of 7-5.
Reagan Foglia made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Watkins, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Doral Academy Red Rock has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Sierra Vista, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Doral Academy Red Rock hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Sierra Vista struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Doral Academy Red Rock couldn't quite finish off Sierra Vista in their previous meeting back in February and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sierra Vista's Laura Episom, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Now that Doral Academy Red Rock knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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