The Mater Academy Charter Lions will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Immaculata-La Salle Royal Lions at 4:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Monday, Mater Academy Charter fell victim to a tough 16-1 defeat at the hands of Lourdes Academy.
Meanwhile, Immaculata-La Salle had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Spartans a 2-0 shutout.
The result came thanks to Melissa Carrasco's shutout, as she gave up just two hits and racked up nine Ks.
At the plate, Ashley Fonseca was excellent, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Mater Academy Charter dropped their record down to 1-2 with that loss, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Immaculata-La Salle, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5 record this season.
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