The Golden West Trailblazers are on the road again on Thursday to play the Mission Oak Hawks at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Golden West is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Highland 3-1.
Meanwhile, Mission Oak never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Nipomo out 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mission Oak.
Not much got past Zylan Ramirez, who gave up just three hits to keep Nipomo off the board. Ramirez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Golden West's win bumped their record up to 10-20. As for Mission Oak, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-14 record this season.
Golden West might still be hurting after the 15-5 defeat they got from Mission Oak in their previous meeting back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mission Oak's Kannon Silva, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Now that Golden West knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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