Carpinteria will challenge Troy at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Carpinteria is headed into Saturday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Friday. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost an 11-10 heartbreaker at the hands of Santa Maria.
While Troy didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-19-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They blew past Miller 13-4 on Thursday. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by eight runs or more this season.
Troy's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-3. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Carpinteria, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
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