West Campus is 2-8 against Cordova since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The West Campus Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cordova Lancers at 4:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
West Campus will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Natomas on Thursday. West Campus put the hurt on Natomas with a sharp 19-4 victory.
Analisa Mederos looked comfortable as she tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.
At the plate, West Campus let Maya Estacio and Sophia Quiroz loose on the outfield. Estacio scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances, while Quiroz scored three runs while going 5-for-5. Moriah Williams was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with four RBI, a triple, and a run.
Meanwhile, Cordova had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They never let the Mustangs onto the board and left with an 18-0 win.
Isabella Tarpley-Cruz was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Tarpley-Cruz has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Tarpley-Cruz was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-4.
In other pitching news, Alyssa Lacayo looked comfortable as she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Back at the plate, Briel Brookins and Adriana Arana did most of the damage at the plate: Brookins scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4, while Arana went 3-for-5 with four RBI, a stolen base, and a run. Brookins is on a roll when it comes to RBI, as she's now brought in three or more in the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jazmine Glenn, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
West Campus pushed their record up to 7-6 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Cordova, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-4 record this season.
West Campus suffered a grim 12-3 defeat to Cordova when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cordova's Becca Lee, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. Now that West Campus 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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