The Widefield Gladiators will be playing at home against the Rampart Rams at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Widefield is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Palmer onto the board and left with a 20-0 win on Thursday. Considering the Gladiators have won 15 matchups by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Olivia McEwen made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 5 strikeouts per game. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Brooke Foster was incredible, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Savanna Mitton, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Widefield always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .759. The last time their OBP was this high was back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Rampart had to endure an eight-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. Everything went their way against Doherty on Thursday as Rampart made off with a 14-6 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Rams have posted since September 23rd.
Widefield is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for Rampart, their victory ended a nine-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-16.
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