Steele Canyon entered their tilt with Carlsbad with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Carlsbad Lancers 6-4.
Steele Canyon's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kayala Hopkins, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
On Carlsbad's side, Aubrey Tamayo was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over 4.2 innings pitched.
At the plate, Chloe Hernandez made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all four of her plate appearances with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Carlsbad didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Steele Canyon's victory bumped their record up to 9-3-1. As for Carlsbad, their loss dropped their record down to 8-7.
Steele Canyon is on the road again on Tuesday to play Valhalla at 4:00 p.m. Valhalla hasn't scored more than one runs for four games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse. As for Carlsbad, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Torrey Pines at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Torrey Pines: 2.1, Carlsbad: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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