Lawndale is 0-10 against Santa Monica since April of 2015 but things could change on Tuesday. The Cardinals will head out to challenge the Vikings at 3:15 p.m. Lawndale's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Santa Monica's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Last Thursday, Lawndale didn't have quite enough to beat Beverly Hills and fell 6-5.
Lawndale saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alejandro Zepeda, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 18 runs the game before, Santa Monica was a bit more limited in their matchup on Saturday. They fell just short of Simi Valley by a score of 3-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Vikings in their meetings with the Pioneers: they've now lost three in a row.
Eddie Jennings was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Isaac Liberman was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one home run. That home run marked the first that he launched this season.
Santa Monica's loss dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Lawndale, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 13-5.
Lawndale suffered a grim 12-4 defeat to Santa Monica in their previous matchup back in March of 2022. Can the Cardinals avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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