Loara has been on the road for three straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the La Quinta Aztecs at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Loara's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over Laguna Beach.
The team relied heavily on Laisha Santaolalla, who went 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and two doubles. Another player making a difference was Sinamapu Fina'i, who went 1-for-1 with two stolen bases.
Meanwhile, La Quinta put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Estancia with a sharp 13-4 victory.
Sophie Tong was a standout: she scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Aaliyah Valencia-Cabrera, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Loara pushed their record up to 6-9 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for La Quinta, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-9 record this season.
Loara suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to La Quinta in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of La Quinta's Nevaeh Gomez, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. Now that Loara 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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