For the second straight game, Shafter will face off against McFarland. Shafter will take on McFarland at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Shafter has three straight victories, McFarland has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Shafter's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on McFarland with a sharp 14-0 win. Considering the Generals have won four games by more than eight runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Adrian Flores tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Shafter got a massive performance out of Lukas Pena, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. That's the most stolen bases Pena has posted since back in March of 2024. Joaquin Garza was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI.
McFarland's loss dropped their record down to 3-3-1. As for Shafter, their victory was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 6-3.
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