The Salinas Cowboys will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Monterey Dores. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Salinas is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They never let King's Academy onto the board and left with a 2-0 win.
The result came thanks to Abi Jones's shutout, as she gave up just four hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Monterey waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Bruins and snuck past 4-3.
Salinas' victory bumped their record up to 19-9. As for Monterey, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season.
Salinas couldn't quite finish off Monterey in their previous matchup on May 6th and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Monterey's Ella Myers, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. Now that Salinas 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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