The Carmel Padres will look to take advantage of their home pitch for the first time this season as they take on the Santa Cruz Cardinals at 5:15 a.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Carmel is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Pacific Grove. The Padres' defense stepped up to hand the Breakers a 3-0 shutout on Wednesday. Carmel haven't had any issues with Pacific Grove recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, Santa Cruz took care of business in their home opener (and then some) on Wednesday. They blew past Ceiba College Preparatory Academy 6-0. The score was close at halftime, but Santa Cruz pulled away in the second half with five goals.
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