With a playoff game on the line, Shadow Hills rose to the challenge on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Coachella Valley Mighty Arabs a 15-0 shutout. Considering Shadow Hills has won 16 games by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Ava Valenzuela tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in 11 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Shadow Hills got a massive performance out of Tori Tiumalu, who went 2-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ximena Arizaga, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, a triple, and a run.
The victory was the eighth in a row for Shadow Hills, bringing their record for this year to 20-4. As for Coachella Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-13.
As of now, neither Shadow Hills nor Coachella Valley have any future games scheduled.
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