For the second straight game, La Vega will face off against Lorena. The Pirates will be playing in front of their home fans against the Leopards at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. La Vega is looking for their season's first victory.
La Vega came up short against Lorena on Tuesday, falling 16-1. That's two games in a row now that the Pirates have lost by exactly 15 runs.
For Lorena's part, Tazzleigh Jones made a splash no matter where she played. She tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. The dominant performance also gave Jones a new career-high in strikeouts (four). She was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with three RBI, one run, and one double.
In other batting news, Lorena let Kamden Waneck and Clara Andrews run wild. Waneck got on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs, two RBI, and one double, while Andrews went 1-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI. That's the most runs Andrews has posted since back in February. The team also got some help courtesy of Isabella Davis, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Lorena always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .621. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as La Vega only posted an OBP of .286.
Lorena pushed their record up to 16-7 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for La Vega, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-11.
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