The Heritage Coyotes will head out on the road to challenge the Memorial Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Heritage is looking for their season's first win.
Heritage fell victim to Independence and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They came up short against the Knights, falling 17-0. Surprisingly, this marked the fourth straight game that the away team has come away the victor.
Memorial never got on the board in their matchup on Wednesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Centennial on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Titans with a sharp 12-6 victory. The win continues a trend for the Warriors in their matchups with the Titans: they've now won nine in a row.
Megan Wilson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off six hits (and only one walk). She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Memorial got a massive performance out of Sophia Cooper, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one triple. The dominant performance gave Cooper a new career-high in RBI. Another player making a difference was Reese Carillo, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Memorial was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .457. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Memorial's record is now 7-5. As for Heritage, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Heritage suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Memorial in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can Heritage avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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