The Port of Los Angeles Polar Bears will head out on the road to take on the Harbor Teacher Monarchs at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Port of Los Angeles sitting on 12 straight wins and Harbor Teacher on five.
Harbor Teacher's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Port of Los Angeles had not allowed a single run the last six times they've hit the field. Port of Los Angeles never let King/Drew onto the board and left with a 16-0 victory on Monday. Considering Port of Los Angeles has won 11 matches by more than eight runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Alyssa Setka made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over 4.2 innings pitched. Setka has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than one hit in four consecutive pitching appearances. Setka was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-2 with two doubles and an RBI.
In other batting news, Port of Los Angeles got a massive performance out of Jasmine Garcia, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Garcia has been hot recently, having posted four or more RBI the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Rochelle Watkins, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, Harbor Teacher stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They blew past Fremont 19-3.
Harbor Teacher got a massive performance out of Daniella Banuelos, who went 2-for-2 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. Jade Rich was another key contributor, scoring four runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3.
Port of Los Angeles pushed their record up to 14-3 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Harbor Teacher, their record now sits at 11-1.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Port of Los Angeles hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.8 home runs per game. However, it's not like Harbor Teacher struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.9. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Port of Los Angeles skirted past Harbor Teacher 1-0 when the teams last played on April 15th. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Harbor Teacher's Karina Magadan, who tossed 7.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Port of Los Angeles still be able to contain Magadan? There's only one way to find out.
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