Baseball Game Preview: Santa Barbara Dons vs. Oxnard Yellowjackets

The Santa Barbara Dons will venture away from home to take on the Oxnard Yellowjackets at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Santa Barbara's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so Oxnard's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Santa Barbara is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Oxnard on Tuesday as Santa Barbara made off with a 9-1 win. The victory continues a trend for the Dons in their matchups with the Yellowjackets: they've now won five in a row.

For Oxnard's part, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Berrelleza, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base.

Santa Barbara's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-3-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Oxnard, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-8 record this season.