California is on a 13-game streak of home wins, while Santa Fe is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The California Condors will take on the Santa Fe Chiefs at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (California: 1.8, Santa Fe: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
California is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Whittier onto the board and left with a 15-0 win on Tuesday. California might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten contests by six runs or more this season.
California got a great performance from Pricilla Ramirez as she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. Ramirez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in 11 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Shirley Acevedo was incredible, going 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Amaya Vasquez, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe has not done well against La Serna recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Santa Fe walked away with a 4-0 victory over La Serna.
Not much got past Saryah Razo, who gave up just five hits to keep La Serna off the board.
At the plate, Santa Fe saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brooklyn Coppin, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
California has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-3 record this season. As for Santa Fe, their win bumped their record up to 17-7.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. California hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Santa Fe struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went California's way against Santa Fe in their previous matchup on April 2nd as California made off with a 14-0 victory. Will California repeat their success, or does Santa Fe have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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