The Pueblo South Colts's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Sand Creek Scorpions at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Pueblo South is headed into the game having just posted their biggest win since August 23rd on Saturday. They blew past La Junta 13-6. With that victory, the Colts brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
The team relied heavily on Cotalena Duran, who got on base in four of her five plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Gracie Gonzalez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, while Sand Creek put up plenty of runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for Mitchell. Sand Creek put the hurt on Mitchell with a sharp 24-0 win.
Jaida Moody made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Those six strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also big at the plate, scoring four runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Kayla Dempsey was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Karalea Evenson was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sand Creek was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .812. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 21.5% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 42.7%.
Pueblo South is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-14 record this season. As for Sand Creek, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-15.
Everything went Pueblo South's way against Sand Creek in their previous meeting back in August of 2015, as Pueblo South made off with a 16-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pueblo South since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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