Softball Preview: Scotts Valley Falcons vs. Harbor Pirates
Scotts Valley is 10-0 against Harbor since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Scotts Valley Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Harbor Pirates at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Scotts Valley has four straight wins, Harbor has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Scotts Valley has not struggled against Aptos recently, they managed to flip the script on Tuesday. Scotts Valley had just enough and edged Aptos out 3-1.
Scotts Valley got a great performance from Sofie Seese as she struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). Seese has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Taylor Wilson, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Harbor suffered a rough 12-1 defeat at the hands of Santa Cruz on Tuesday.
Harbor saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Morgan Devillires, who went 2-for-2 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Scotts Valley now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Harbor, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Scotts Valley took their victory against Harbor in their previous matchup back in March by a conclusive 12-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Scotts Valley since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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