On Saturday, Pinnacle faced Tucson High Magnet School in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Pinnacle Pioneers walked away with a 13-10 victory over the Tucson High Magnet School Badgers. Pinnacle's win was all the more impressive since Tucson High Magnet School was averaging only 2.9 runs allowed on the season.
Sienna Caro and Faith Kroening did most of the damage at the plate: Caro went 2-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and a double, while Kroening scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Kroening has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Torynn Slaughter, who scored two runs while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
Pinnacle is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season. As for Tucson High Magnet School, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 23-7.
Pinnacle will square off against Basha at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Basha: 2.9, Pinnacle: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Tucson High Magnet School, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Gila Ridge at 4:00 p.m. Gila Ridge is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.
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