Softball Preview: Mission San Jose Warriors vs. Moreau Catholic Mariners
Mission San Jose is 0-10 against Moreau Catholic since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Mission San Jose Warriors will be playing at home against the Moreau Catholic Mariners at 4:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Moreau Catholic is hoping to do on Tuesday what Kennedy couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Mission San Jose's winning streak, which now stands at five games. Mission San Jose's pitcher stepped up to hand Kennedy a 12-0 shutout. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Mission San Jose considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Hailey Pan made a splash while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Pan has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Pan was also big at the plate, going 3-for-3 with three runs and a triple.
In other batting news, Amanda Deng was incredible, going 4-for-4 with four runs, five RBI, and two doubles. Another player making a difference was Anjali Singh, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Moreau Catholic had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. Everything went their way against Irvington on Thursday as Moreau Catholic made off with a 15-5 win.
Moreau Catholic let Olivia Ritchie and Leila Dixon loose on the outfield. Ritchie scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3, while Dixon scored four runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Arielle Manzanares was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Mission San Jose is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Moreau Catholic, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Mission San Jose hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Moreau Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Mission San Jose might still be hurting after the 18-4 defeat they got from Moreau Catholic when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Moreau Catholic's Yazlin Rodrigues, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Now that Mission San Jose knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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