Preview: Merced Bears vs. Livingston Wolves
The Merced Bears will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Livingston Wolves at 4:00 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Merced was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Patterson by a score of 5-4. That's two games in a row now that Merced has lost by just one run.
Merced saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Antonia Lejarde, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 15 runs the game before, Livingston were a bit more limited in their matchup on Thursday. Their rough 15-1 loss to Stone Ridge Christian might stick with them for a while. Livingston has not had much luck with Stone Ridge Christian recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Olivia Costa made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with a home run.
Merced's defeat dropped their record down to 5-7-1. As for Livingston, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 5-7-1.
Merced might still be hurting after the 11-0 defeat they got from Livingston when the teams last played on March 7th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Livingston's Annalee Aguilar, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Now that Merced knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
