Softball Recap: Vintage Crushers vs. Pioneer Patriots
It was a good run, but Vintage unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 5-1 to the Pioneer Patriots. Vintage was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the three contests prior) but Pioneer's pitchers proved too tough.
Vintage saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Taylor Lauritsen, who went 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.
On Pioneer's side, the team relied heavily on Sofia Hernandez, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Briana Parker, who went 2-for-2 with two RBI.
Vintage's defeat ended a 12-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-2. As for Pioneer, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Vintage will head out on the road to face off against St. Helena at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Helena: 3.4, Vintage: 1.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Pioneer, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Mira Loma at 4:30 p.m. on April 8th. Pioneer is facing Mira Loma at the right time seeing as Mira Loma is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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