The St. Monica Mariners will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Viewpoint Patriots at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. St. Monica will be strutting in after a win while Viewpoint will be coming in after a loss.
St. Monica proved they can win big last Tuesday (they won by ten) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Heritage Christian 7-5.
Bella Urbina was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Urbina was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-5 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Urbina wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Maliana Gutierrez, who went 3-for-5 with one stolen base and one run. Milena Valdez was another, going 2-for-5 with two runs.
St. Monica kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Heritage Christian only managed five.
St. Bonaventure hit Viewpoint with a four-run sixth inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Patriots fell 7-3 to the Seraphs. The Patriots haven't had much luck with the Seraphs recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Like St. Monica, Viewpoint also got a great game from a two-way player: Emjay Peck. She struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off seven hits. Peck has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts any time she's pitched this season. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with one home run. That home run was her first of the season.
St. Monica's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Viewpoint, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
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