Helena has been on the road for seven straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Capital Bruins at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Helena is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Hellgate, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Helena was ranked 16th). Helena never let Hellgate onto the board and left with a 15-0 win on Thursday. With that victory, Helena brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Kamryn Klemp and Katryn Seliskar did most of the damage at the plate: Klemp went 4-for-4 with three doubles and four RBI, while Seliskar went 4-for-5 with four runs and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Faith Howard, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Meanwhile, Capital put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Hellgate with a sharp 15-0 win. The victory was nothing new for Capital as they're now sitting on three straight.
Capital got a massive performance out of Anna Cockhill, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Tayor Sayers, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Helena has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-9 record this season. As for Capital, their win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Saturday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Helena has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 10.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Capital struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Helena couldn't quite finish off Capital in their previous matchup back in April and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Capital's Kathryn Emmert, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Now that Helena knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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