The Homestead Mustangs will square off against the Half Moon Bay Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Homestead will be strutting in after a victory while Half Moon Bay will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, Homestead got the win against Lynbrook by a conclusive 22-1. The win continues a trend for the Mustangs in their matchups with the Vikings: they've now won three in a row.
Lilly Markines and Mackenzie Smith were a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Markines struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Meanwhile, Smith tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance gave Markines a new career-high in strikeouts. At the plate, Markines scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances, while Smith scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Leela Menon
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In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Leela Menon, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5. Those three runs gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Izzy Gutierrez, who went 2-for-3 with six RBI.
Homestead always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .725. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lynbrook only posted an OBP of .267.
Meanwhile, Half Moon Bay was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 12-9 hit to the loss column at the hands of Presentation.
Half Moon Bay got a massive performance out of Sydney Sarabia, who scored a run and stole Three bases. while going 2-for-4. With that strong performance, Sarabia is now averaging an impressive 1.1 stolen bases per game. Mia Modena was another key player, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Half Moon Bay's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Homestead, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Homestead suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Half Moon Bay in their previous meeting back in March of 2016. Will Homestead have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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