The St. Bernard's Crusaders will challenge the Hoopa Valley Warriors at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. Bernard's has given up an average of 8 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
St. Bernard's is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Thursday. They lost 11-4 to South Fork.
Makinsey Lemley was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-4 with three runs and one stolen base.
Ten must be Hoopa Valley's lucky number: they beat Ferndale with that score not once but twice on Thursday. The Warriors never let the Wildcats get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last three times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Hoopa Valley also got a great performance from Monteya Colegrove as she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Colegrove has been consistent: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Tylie McKinnon, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two doubles. Those two doubles gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Millennia McKindley, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, two RBI, and one double.
Hoopa Valley always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .581. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive matches.
Hoopa Valley is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games. That's provided a massive bump to their 7-14 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs over those games. As for St. Bernard's, they now have a losing record of 10-11.
St. Bernard's skirted past Hoopa Valley 12-10 in their previous matchup back in April. Do the Crusaders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Warriors turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
