The Saugus Centurions will square off against the Westlake Warriors at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Saugus: 3.9, Westlake: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Saugus can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. They never let Canyon onto the board and left with a 7-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Saugus.
Saugus got a great performance from Kona Ramsbottom as she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched.
At the plate, Amelia Johnson was a standout: she went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Kaylie Stauffer, who went 2-for-4 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Westlake was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Oaks Christian by a score of 7-5.
Westlake saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mia Morera, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Samy Gallegos, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Saugus is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-7 record this season. As for Westlake, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-5.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Saturday. Saugus hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.8 home runs per game. However, it's not like Westlake struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.9. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Saugus came up short against Westlake in their previous meeting on March 1st, falling 6-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Westlake's Linden McCarl, who struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that Saugus knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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