Watsonville waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the King City Mustangs and snuck past 5-3. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Watsonville also won the last time the pair played back in March.
Julia Maldonado was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Cameron Llamas, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with an RBI.
On King City's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Iran Ibarra, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Watsonville pushed their record up to 11-3 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for King City, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-7 record this season.
Watsonville will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Monte Vista Christian at 4:30 p.m. Watsonville's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so Monte Vista Christian's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for King City, they will head out on the road to challenge Santa Catalina at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. King City is facing Santa Catalina at the right time seeing as Santa Catalina is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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