Santa Cruz Valley stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the St. Augustine Catholic Wolves a 10-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Santa Cruz Valley.
Layla Brown was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Brown has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Brown was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, Aaliyah Bojorquez was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Mionette Banda, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Santa Cruz Valley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for St. Augustine Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.
Santa Cruz Valley will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Chandler Prep at 6:00 p.m. Santa Cruz Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 10.5 runs per game this season. As for St. Augustine Catholic, they will head out on the road to take on Desert Christian at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Desert Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 17.4 runs per game this season.
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