Softball Preview: USC-MAE Trojans vs. Orthopaedic Vipers
USC-MAE has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Orthopaedic Vipers at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
If USC-MAE beats Orthopaedic with 22 runs on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. USC-MAE was the clear victor by a 22-5 margin over Annenberg on Monday.
Orthopaedic never got on the board in their matchup on Friday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Central City Value on Monday. Everything went their way against the Jaguars as they made off with a 12-2 victory.
Alexa Becerra was a major factor no matter where she played. She tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Becerra was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs.
In other batting news, Natalie Garcia was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing five bases while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Daniela Ceja, who went 2-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
USC-MAE is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for Orthopaedic, they pushed their record up to 14-3 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
USC-MAE came up short against Orthopaedic when the teams last played on April 4th, falling 8-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Orthopaedic's Brianna Ramirez, who struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits (and not a single walk). Now that USC-MAE knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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