The Twentynine Palms Wildcats will head out to take on the Calipatria Hornets at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Twentynine Palms has three straight victories, Calipatria has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Twentynine Palms is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Calipatria on Wednesday as Twentynine Palms made off with a 21-7 win. While the Wildcats didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Anisa Youso looked comfortable as she pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jenica Silvas, who fired off two home runs, two stolen bases, and five RBI while going 2-for-4. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in March of 2024. Maya Beltz was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
Twentynine Palms was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .714. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in five consecutive matches.
Twentynine Palms pushed their record up to 6-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 9.2 runs. As for Calipatria, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.
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