For the second straight game, Santa Barbara will face off against Dos Pueblos. The Dons will venture away from home to take on the Chargers at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Santa Barbara has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with nine straight losses, while Dos Pueblos will come in with four straight victories.
Santa Barbara fell victim to Dos Pueblos and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 18-0 to the Chargers, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
For Dos Pueblos' part, Juliana Brunner made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Brunner has been consistent : she hasn't given up more than one walk in seven consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Those three runs gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, Anastasia Brunner and Brooklyn Hedricks did most of the damage at the plate: Anastasia went a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs, while Hedricks went 2-for-3 with one home run, four runs, and two RBI. That's the most RBI Hedricks has posted since back in February. Another player making a difference was Esme Mazurkiewicz, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Dos Pueblos was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .643. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.
Dos Pueblos' win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-7. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Santa Barbara, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
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