Softball Game Preview: Santa Rosa Panthers vs. Petaluma Trojans

The Santa Rosa Panthers will challenge the Petaluma Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Santa Rosa fell victim to Archie Williams and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 19-0 to the Peregrine Falcons. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, while Petaluma put up plenty of runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Analy. Everything went Petaluma's way against Analy as Petaluma made off with a 16-0 victory. The Trojans haven't had any issues with the Tigers recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.

Lily Pardini made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also solid in the batter's box, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one double and one RBI.

In other batting news, Lauren Wilson was a standout: she went a perfect 3-for-3 with six RBI, one triple, and one run. Those six RBI gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Scarlett Fannin, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.

Petaluma hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Analy struck out 11 times.

The victory got Petaluma back to even at 1-1. As for Santa Rosa, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.