Nobody could stop Taliya Mata on Tuesday as she struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits (and not a single walk). As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was her third in a row with less than one earned run. On the season, she has an ERA of 2.27 over 58.7 innings pitched.
Looking ahead, Mata and Saugus will head out to face off against Valencia at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Mata has dominated as far as strikeouts are concerned (she's averaged 5.4 per game this season), but she's got her work cut out for her considering the Vikings have only allowed 4.07 per game this season.
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