The Leilehua Mighty Mules will venture away from home to take on the Campbell Sabers at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Leilehua's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Campbell's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Leilehua is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Hawaii's top teams: Nanakuli, who was ranked 18th at the time (Leilehua was ranked seventh). The Mighty Mules put the hurt on the Golden Hawks with a sharp 12-6 victory on Saturday. The match marked the Mighty Mules' most dominant win of the season so far.
Meanwhile, Campbell earned a 14-10 victory over Mililani on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Sabers.
Campbell got a massive performance out of Kaienna Fuentes-Arellano, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. That stolen base marked the first that Fuentes-Arellano snagged this season. Sophia Alo was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
Campbell was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .350 or higher in five consecutive contests.
Campbell's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-2. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.3 runs over those games. As for Leilehua, their record is now 4-1.
Leilehua came up short against Campbell in their previous meeting back in March, falling 8-4. Can the Mighty Mules avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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