Mountain Pointe has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Campo Verde Coyotes at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Pointe will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Mountain Pointe can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Casteel a 14-0 shutout. With that win, Mountain Pointe brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.
Lauryn Chavez made a splash while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over five innings pitched. Chavez has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Chavez was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Mountain Pointe got a big performance out of Leilani Chavez, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Brooklynn Wishart, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Campo Verde entered their tilt with Casteel with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They walked away with a 7-3 victory over the Colts on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Campo Verde has won by exactly four runs.
Mountain Pointe's win ended a six-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-12. As for Campo Verde, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 14-11 record this season.
Mountain Pointe suffered a grim 14-1 defeat to Campo Verde in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Mountain Pointe avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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