For the second straight game, Maria Carrillo will face off against Cardinal Newman. The Pumas will welcome the Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Maria Carrillo made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Cardinal Newman, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Pumas fell just short of the Cardinals by a score of 4-2 on Wednesday. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, the Pumas couldn't push the score so high this time.
For Cardinal Newman's part, Josh Jannicelli tossed a big game, striking out 13 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Jannicelli has become a key player for the Cardinals: the team is 7-3 when he allows at most one earned run, but 5-7 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Cardinal Newman's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Caden Owen, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run. Madden White was another, going 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Cardinal Newman hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their strikeout total in three consecutive matchups.
Maria Carrillo's defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 11-12. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 2.5 runs. As for Cardinal Newman, their win bumped their record up to 12-10.
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