Los Altos and Milpitas are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2016, but likely not for long. The Los Altos Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Milpitas Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Los Altos narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Fremont 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Los Altos.
Sophia Asar spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Los Altos saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bella Sanchez, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Milpitas waltzed into their game on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They had just enough and edged the Firebirds out 8-6.
Dahana Gonzalez was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Destiny Solis, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Los Altos' victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-10. As for Milpitas, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.
Los Altos came up short against Milpitas when the teams last played last Monday, falling 6-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Milpitas' Priyah Quinonez, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Now that Los Altos 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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