Preview: Temple City Rams vs. La Canada Spartans
Temple City has been on the road for five straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the La Canada Spartans at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Tuesday, while Temple City put up some runs, the same can't be said for South Pasadena. Everything went Temple City's way against South Pasadena as Temple City made off with a 6-0 win.
Not much got past Kassandra Gewecke, who gave up just two hits and racked up nine Ks to keep South Pasadena off the board. Gewecke has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Samantha Womack was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Taylor Thomas, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, La Canada had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Tologs with a sharp 11-0 victory. 11 seems to be a good number for La Canada as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Temple City's victory was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1-1. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.6 runs per game. As for La Canada, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-6-1 record this season.
Temple City took their win against La Canada when the teams last played last Tuesday by a conclusive 8-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was La Canada's Elle Leckrone, who pitched four innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Temple City still be able to contain Leckrone? There's only one way to find out.
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