The Yuba City Honkers will venture away from home to square off against the Twelve Bridges Raging Rhinos at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Yuba City will be strutting in after a win while Twelve Bridges will be coming in after a defeat.
Yuba City took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They skirted past Laguna Creek 9-8.
The team relied heavily on Naiema Cawthon, who went a perfect 5-for-5 with one home run, two stolen bases, and three runs. That's the most stolen bases she has posted since back in March of 2024. Alexia Alvarez was another key player, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Yuba City was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .472. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Laguna Creek only posted a batting average of .333.
Meanwhile, Twelve Bridges didn't have quite enough to beat River Valley on Tuesday and fell 4-3.
Twelve Bridges saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lucy Simpson, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI. Another was Callie Kosmides, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Yuba City pushed their record up to 15-5-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Twelve Bridges, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7.
Yuba City was able to grind out a solid victory over Twelve Bridges when the teams last played back in March, winning 6-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Honkers since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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