Softball Recap: Wasco Beats Shafter for Their Ninth Straight Win

Tigers

Previous Games

05/06/25 vs Shafter	2-1
05/01/25 @ Chavez	7-2
04/29/25 vs Chavez	10-1
04/23/25 vs Tehachapi	12-0
04/10/25 vs Taft	10-2
+ 4 more games

Wasco came tearing into Tuesday's match with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.9 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Shafter Generals. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Tigers also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2024.

Cedes Saldana spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on seven hits and racked up six Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one walk in 19 consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Wasco's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Abby Salazar, who went 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI.

Wasco's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-7-1. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Shafter, they moved to 17-7-2 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: the Generals beat Wasco by a score of 5-4 on Thursday.