Montezuma-Cortez waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They blew past the Aspen Skiers 17-1. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten contests by six runs or more this season.
Jayden White was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. White was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Lexi Ruiz was a standout: she scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in hits. Another player making a difference was Devyn Cornett, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Montezuma-Cortez was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .478 or higher in four consecutive matches.
Montezuma-Cortez pushed their record up to 11-8 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Aspen, they are on an 18-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-5.
Montezuma-Cortez will have plenty of time to enjoy the win as they don't play again for a while. They'll take on Rifle at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Aspen, their road trip will continue as they head out to face Delta at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Delta is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.9 runs per game this season.
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