Big Valley Christian barely beat Ripon the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Big Valley Christian Lions blew past the Ripon Indians 15-4 on Thursday. The Lions have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Indians, too.
Kailey Rivera made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only a hit over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-low in walks (zero). She was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-5.
Morgan Merzon
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In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Morgan Merzon, who scored four runs and stole four bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in runs. Another player making a difference was Ella Alavezos, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Big Valley Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .447. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ripon only posted a batting average of .250.
Big Valley Christian pushed their record up to 2-7 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.3 runs over those games. As for Ripon, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-3.
Coming up, Big Valley Christian will take on Downey at 7:45 p.m. on Saturday. As for Ripon, they will head out to face off against Gregori at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Ripon has given up an average of 7 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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