The Los Altos Conquerors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Walnut Mustangs at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Los Altos' favor as the team sits on 11 straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Walnut has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
If Los Altos beats Walnut with four runs on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Los Altos' pitcher stepped up to hand Rowland a 4-0 shutout on Tuesday.
Giselle Mejia made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over 6.2 innings pitched. Mejia has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in 11 consecutive pitching appearances. Mejia was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Brianah Alejandre was incredible, going 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last three games, Walnut finally came back down to earth on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 9-1 walloping at the hands of South Hills.
Los Altos is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7-1 record this season. As for Walnut, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-13.
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