Alamo Heights waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 5-2 victory over the Burbank Bulldogs. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Alamo Heights also won the last time the pair played back in March.
Clairee Embrey made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out nine over seven innings pitched. Embrey has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances. Embrey was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Embrey wasn't the only one making solid contact as eight players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Elisabeth Dillard, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
On Burbank's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Savanah Salazar, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Alamo Heights' win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-10-1. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.3 runs per game. As for Burbank, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-10-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Alamo Heights will take on Highlands at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Alamo Heights' pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Highlands' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Burbank, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on MacArthur at 7:15 p.m. on April 18th.
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