The Prosser Falcons will venture away from home to challenge the Rickover Naval Seadragons at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Prosser has given up an average of 17.8 runs per game this season, but Wednesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Prosser and Rickover Naval meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Monday. The Falcons lost 27-5 to the Seadragons.
For Rickover Naval's part, Soli Correa made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over four innings pitched. Correa was also stellar in the batter's box, firing off three stolen bases, eight RBI, and three runs while going 5-for-5. Those five hits gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, Rickover Naval got a massive performance out of Kayla Mateo, who got on base in all five of her plate appearances with one home run, five runs, and four RBI. Those five runs gave Mateo a new career-high. Sofia Fuentes was another key player, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with four stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI.
Rickover Naval was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .600. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .320 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Rickover Naval's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-7. As for Prosser, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9.
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