On Tuesday, Desert Hills faced Hurricane in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Everything went the Desert Hills Thunder's way against the Hurricane Tigers as the Desert Hills Thunder made off with an 11-3 win. Winning may never get old, but Desert Hills sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Lulu West was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. West has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up a single earned run in five consecutive pitching appearances. West was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Bailey Lee, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Payten Benson, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
On Hurricane's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Abby Stout, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Desert Hills has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. As for Hurricane, their loss dropped their record down to 11-6.
Desert Hills will have a chance to go back-to-back against Hurricane: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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