Baseball Game Preview: Santa Maria Saints vs. Carpinteria Warriors

Saints

Runs

04/10/25 vs Santa Ynez	4
04/08/25 @ Santa Ynez	3
04/03/25 vs Morro Bay	1
04/01/25 @ Morro Bay	6
04/01/25 @ Morro Bay	2
+ 10 more games

The Santa Maria Saints are taking a road trip to face off against the Carpinteria Warriors at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Santa Maria is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.

Santa Maria is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Thursday. They fell 8-4 to Santa Ynez.

Mateo Peinado was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.

Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Carpinteria was a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They fell just short of Malibu by a score of 3-1. Warriors fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Sharks since on Thursday.

Carpinteria's loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Santa Maria, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-4.

Santa Maria came out on top in a nail-biter against Carpinteria when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 11-10. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Saints since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.