The Casa Grande Gauchos are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Petaluma Trojans at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Casa Grande: 3.7, Petaluma: 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Casa Grande is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They walked away with a 17-14 win over Maria Carrillo on Monday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Casa Grande considering their one-run performance the contest before.
JT Summers was incredible, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Ryan Rice, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Petaluma never let their opponents score on Thursday. They put the hurt on Sonoma Valley with a sharp 10-0 victory.
Not much got past James Dole, who gave up just one hit to keep Sonoma Valley off the board.
At the plate, Petaluma got a massive performance out of Dante Vachini, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Flynn Shoop, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Casa Grande has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. As for Petaluma, their win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-8.
Casa Grande beat Petaluma 5-2 when the teams last played back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for Casa Grande since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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