The St. Augustine Catholic Wolves are taking a road trip to face off against the Morenci Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: St. Augustine Catholic has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Morenci will arrive with three straight victories.
St. Augustine Catholic came up short against Desert Christian on Tuesday, falling 16-4. That's two games in a row now that the Wolves have lost by exactly 12 runs.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Morenci took on Benson on Tuesday. The Wildcats blew past the Bobcats 21-8. Considering the Wildcats have won ten matches by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Kieralyn Madrigal and Jaliyah Hernandez did most of the damage at the plate: Madrigal went 4-for-5 with one home run, four runs, and four RBI, while Hernandez went a perfect 4-for-4 with five runs, four RBI, and two doubles. Those five runs gave Hernandez a new career-high. Mayeli Salazar was another key player, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with one home run, two runs, and one triple.
Morenci was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .585. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in five consecutive games.
Morenci pushed their record up to 13-11 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.0 runs over those games. As for St. Augustine Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-11.
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