The Lick-Wilmerding Tigers will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Redwood Christian Eagles at 4:00 p.m. Lick-Wilmerding will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
On Wednesday, Lick-Wilmerding earned an 11-7 victory over Valley Christian.
Meanwhile, Redwood Christian has not done well against Head-Royce recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Redwood Christian had just enough and edged Head-Royce out 5-4. That's two games straight that Redwood Christian has won by just one run.
Julia Angotti made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits. Angotti has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Angotti was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Micaiah Leyva was excellent, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and a double. Louise Pineda was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double.
Lick-Wilmerding's win bumped their record up to 4-8. As for Redwood Christian, they pushed their record up to 9-9 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Lick-Wilmerding suffered a grim 12-1 defeat to Redwood Christian in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Angotti, who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Lick-Wilmerding knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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