The Bella Vista Broncos will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Yuba City Honkers at 4:00 p.m. Bella Vista will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
On Tuesday, Bella Vista earned a 10-7 victory over Antelope.
Hailey Shiflet made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched. Shiflet was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Rosie Harrod was excellent, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Arielle Hering was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Yuba City came up short against Wheatland on Monday and fell 7-3. The loss continues a trend for Yuba City in their matchups with Wheatland: they've now lost three in a row.
Naiema Cawthon was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
Bella Vista's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-3. As for Yuba City, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-8.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Bella Vista hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Yuba City struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Bella Vista was able to grind out a solid victory over Yuba City in their previous meeting back in April, winning 12-7. Does Bella Vista have another victory up their sleeve, or will Yuba City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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