Softball Recap: Cupertino Pioneers vs. South San Francisco Warriors
In what's become a running theme this season, Cupertino gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the South San Francisco Warriors as the Cupertino Pioneers made off with a 13-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Cupertino.
DJ Martinez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Martinez has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season. Martinez was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with four RBI and a triple.
In other batting news, Cupertino got a big performance out of Purani Muthuvedi, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Talitha Vaughn, who scored three runs while going 2-for-2.
Cupertino has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for South San Francisco, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-11.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Cupertino will take on Palo Alto at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Palo Alto is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season. As for South San Francisco, they will be playing at home against Gunn at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Gunn will roll in looking for their 12th straight victory, something South San Francisco surely won't give up without a fight.
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