Baseball Game Preview: Santa Paula Cardinals vs. Fillmore Flashes

For the second straight game, Santa Paula will face off against Fillmore. The Cardinals will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Flashes at 3:30 p.m. Santa Paula will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.

Fillmore's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Friday: Santa Paula hadn't allowed a single run the last four times they've hit the field. The Cardinals' pitcher stepped up to hand the Flashes a 5-0 shutout on Wednesday.

Not much got past Isaak Medina, who gave up just four hits and racked up 13 Ks to keep Fillmore off the board. Medina also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Santa Paula is 5-1 when he allows at most three earned runs, but 5-8 otherwise.

Angel Casimiro

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04/09/25 @ Fillmore	2
04/04/25 vs Carpinteria	2
03/26/25 @ Nordhoff	2
03/24/25 vs Hueneme	2
03/28/25 vs Nordhoff	1
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At the plate, the team relied heavily on Angel Casimiro, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. Santa Paula is undefeated when Casimiro posts two or more runs, but 6-9 otherwise.

Santa Paula pushed their record up to 10-9 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Fillmore, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-10 record this season.

The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Santa Paula has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.5 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Fillmore struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 8.2 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.