The Rancho Mirage Rattlers will face off against the Edgewood Lions at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Rancho Mirage is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They put the hurt on Hesperia Christian with a sharp 23-10 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Rattlers considering their two-run performance the game before.
Anelisa Garcia made a splash no matter where she played. She pitched seven innings while giving up just two earned (and eight unearned) runs off 11 hits. Garcia was also big at the plate, going 1-for-5 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.
In other batting news, Rancho Mirage got a massive performance out of Reyna Vergara, who went 2-for-5 with four runs, four RBI, and one triple. That's the most RBI Vergara has posted since back in April. Another player making a difference was Alea (Nissi) Marquez, who went 3-for-5 with five stolen bases, four runs, and one double.
Rancho Mirage kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 18 hits. They are 9-2 when they post 11 or more hits.
Meanwhile, Edgewood had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Comets as they made off with a 7-1 victory.
Rancho Mirage is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-10 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.0 runs over those games. As for Edgewood, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-9.
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