Atwater waltzed into their matchup on Wednesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They never let the Golden Valley Cougars onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Atwater also won the last time the pair played back in March.
Not much got past Kylie Medina, who gave up just four hits to keep Golden Valley off the board. Medina has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kaydence Armando, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Golden Valley didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Atwater only tossed five.
Atwater has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season. As for Golden Valley, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-11.
Atwater will head out on the road to challenge Buhach Colony at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Atwater is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road. As for Golden Valley, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Merced at 4:00 p.m. Golden Valley's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Merced's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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