The Mesa Ridge Grizzlies will challenge the Vista Ridge Wolves at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Mesa Ridge will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Mesa Ridge will head into Thursday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 14-run they dealt Canon City on Thursday. Mesa Ridge put the hurt on Canon City with a sharp 16-2 win. Considering the Grizzlies have won ten games by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
DonnaPaola Martinez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in September. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Lillian Staszesky was incredible, going 4-for-5 with a home run, four runs, and two stolen bases. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in hits. Grace Barnhart was another key player, scoring three runs while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mesa Ridge was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .475. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Canon City only posted a batting average of .105.
Meanwhile, Vista Ridge lost 16-7 to Pueblo West on Thursday. The Wolves haven't had much luck with the Cyclones recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Mesa Ridge pushed their record up to 17-5 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Vista Ridge, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-10.
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