Softball Preview: McClatchy Lions vs. River City Raiders
After two games on the road, McClatchy is heading back home. They will take on the River City Raiders at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
McClatchy can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Friday. They put the hurt on Laguna Creek with a sharp 15-5 win.
Hailey Toth and Maia Jacobs did most of the damage at the plate: Toth went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs, while Jacobs went 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayeliza Rogers, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, everything went River City's way against Burbank on Friday as River City made off with a 14-3 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for River City.
McClatchy now has a winning record of 8-7. As for River City, the win also got them back to even at 9-9-1.
McClatchy couldn't quite finish off River City in their previous meeting back in April and fell 7-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of River City's Julia Medina, who scored a run and stole five bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Now that McClatchy 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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