Canon City waltzed into their match on Thursday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. Everything went their way against the Palmer Terrors as they made off with a 19-4 win. Considering the Tigers have won 11 matchups by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
The team relied heavily on Allisyn Gasseling, who fired off two home runs and five RBI while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in home runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Kristyn Barnes, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a double.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Canon City was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .600. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .375 or higher in seven consecutive games.
Canon City is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Palmer, their loss was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-12.
Canon City has already played their next match, an 11-1 defeat against Widefield on the 4th. As for Palmer, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next matchup, a 34-20 victory against Harrison on the 5th.
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