The Ramona Convent Tigers will venture away from home to face off against the Alhambra Moors at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Neither Ramona Convent nor Alhambra posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Ramona Convent lost 10-1 to St. Monica on Wednesday.
Ramona Convent saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaycee Meza, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one triple and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Alhambra fell victim to Schurr and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They came up short against the Spartans, falling 31-0. The match marked the first time this year in which the Moors were not able to get on the board.
This is the second loss in a row for Alhambra and nudges their season record down to 1-7. Their recent woes sure aren't a result of their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing seven strikeouts in those games compared to only four in the others. As for Ramona Convent, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 8-3.
Alhambra's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Ramona Convent has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 12.6 hits per game. It's a different story for Alhambra, though, as they've been averaging 10.9 hits. Given Ramona Convent's sizable advantage in that area, Alhambra will need to find a way to close that gap.
Ramona Convent was able to grind out a solid win over Alhambra in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, winning 11-7. Will Ramona Convent repeat their success, or does Alhambra have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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