The South Pasadena Tigers will head out to take on the La Canada Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. South Pasadena has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight losses, while La Canada will come in with four straight victories.
Monday just wasn't the day for South Pasadena's offense. They lost 8-0 to La Canada on Monday. Tigers fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Spartans since on Monday.
For La Canada's part, Cash Carroll made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Carroll has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Carroll wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Austin Loughrin, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. What's more, Loughrin posted two RBI, the most he's had since back in March of 2024. Another was Benji Geller, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
La Canada pushed their record up to 11-8 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for South Pasadena, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-12.
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