For the second straight game, Adelanto will face off against Granite Hills. The Saints will square off against the Cougars at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. Adelanto has given up an average of 9.8 runs per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Adelanto made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Granite Hills, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Saints fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 31-29 on Wednesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (12), the Saints still had to take the loss.
For Granite Hills' part, the team relied heavily on Alina Salgado, who went a perfect 6-for-6 with one home run, five runs, and two RBI. That's the most RBI Salgado has posted since back in February. The team also got some help courtesy of Emily Marks, who went 3-for-7 with one home run, three runs, and two RBI.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Granite Hills kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 30 hits. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their hit total in four consecutive matches.
Granite Hills pushed their record up to 10-6 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 20.0 runs over those games. As for Adelanto, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-7.
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