The Rampart Rams will venture away from home to square off against the Palisade Bulldogs at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Rampart is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Last Wednesday, Rampart came up short against Vista Ridge and fell 13-9.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palisade). They put the hurt on Montrose with a sharp 21-7 win on Tuesday. Considering the Bulldogs have won five matchups by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
MacKenzie Gray made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching four innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Gray was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring four runs while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Palisade got a massive performance out of Anaiah Guajardo-Zarate, who went 3-for-5 with six RBI, three runs, and three runs. Kaci Hoskin was another key player, getting on base in all five of her plate appearances with three runs and four RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Palisade always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .587. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Rampart's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Palisade, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season.
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