In what's become a running theme this season, East gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the South Bison a 29-0 shutout. East's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Lilly Vallejo was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. Vallejo was also solid in the batter's box, scoring four runs while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, East got a massive performance out of Aleah Brooks, who got on base in all five of her plate appearances with a home run, five runs, and three RBI. Mariah Bledsoe was another key contributor, going 3-for-3 with seven RBI, four runs, and a double.
East pushed their record up to 16-4 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home. As for South, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-9.
East will head out on the road to take on Wheatland at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. One thing working in East's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last four matchups. As for South, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Thunder Basin at 4:00 p.m.
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