Emily Mendoza turned in her biggest game of the season on Wednesday, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 15 over seven innings pitched. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was her fourth in a row with less than one walks allowed. On the season, Mendoza has an ERA of .95 over 37 innings pitched.
Mendoza and Yucaipa will look to defend their home field on Friday against Redlands at 3:45 p.m. Yucaipa got just the result they wanted when they last faced Redlands, probably because Mendoza had a solid game then too: she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over 6.1 innings pitched. Can she match (or beat) that stellar performance? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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