The San Benito Greyhounds are taking a road trip to take on the Bishop Badgers at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. San Benito is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Last Tuesday, San Benito came up short against Calallen and fell 7-2.
Meanwhile, Bishop got themselves on the board against Calhoun on Tuesday, but Calhoun never followed suit. They put the hurt on the Sandcrabs with a sharp 10-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Badgers, who have now won five matches by eight runs or more so far this season.
Cambrie Rios made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-low in hits (zero). She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Bishop got a big performance out of Alida Garcia, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. What's more, Garcia posted two RBI, the most she's had since back in May of 2024. Addison Guerra also deserves some recognition as she hit her first double of the season.
Bishop was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .320 or higher in five consecutive games.
Bishop has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. San Benito's loss dropped their record down to 8-5-1.
San Benito came up short against Bishop in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, falling 5-2. Can San Benito avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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