Port of Los Angeles is a perfect 10-0 against Dorsey since March of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Polar Bears will be playing in front of their home fans against the Dons at 3:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Port of Los Angeles has eight straight wins, Dorsey has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Port of Los Angeles is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Locke a 21-0 shutout on Thursday. Considering the Polar Bears have won eight matches by more than eight runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Jimena Vargas
| 05/01/25 vs Locke | 9 |
| 04/28/25 vs Fremont | 2 |
| 04/25/25 @ Garfield | 6 |
| 04/07/25 vs King/Drew | 8 |
| 03/07/25 vs South Gate | 7 |
| + 7 more games |
Jimena Vargas made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over four innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in March of 2024. She was also big at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and one double.
In other batting news, Port of Los Angeles got a massive performance out of Rochelle Watkins, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Another player making a difference was Nevaeh Randall, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI and two runs.
Port of Los Angeles was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .778. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Dorsey came up short against Fremont on Thursday, falling 19-7.
Port of Los Angeles' victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-4. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.9 runs on average over those games. As for Dorsey, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
Everything went Port of Los Angeles' way against Dorsey when the teams last played back in April, as Port of Los Angeles made off with a 20-0 victory. Will the Polar Bears repeat their success, or do the Dons have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
