The Yuba City Honkers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Wheatland Pirates at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Thursday, Yuba City narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past River Valley 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Yuba City.
Tori Hernandez spent all 11 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on six hits and racked up six Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Yuba City's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Drew McDonald, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Wheatland earned an 8-5 victory over Marysville on Thursday.
Wheatland also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and she was also dialed-in: Chasidy Sills gave up four earned (and one unearned) runs on ten hits and racked up nine Ks.
At the plate, Wheatland got a massive performance out of Briseis Botonis, who went 4-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and a double. Another player making a difference was Alauna Kelley, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI and two doubles.
Yuba City's win bumped their record up to 15-7. As for Wheatland, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Yuba City hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.7 home runs per game. However, it's not like Wheatland struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Yuba City suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Wheatland in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Yuba City, Zereniti Sousa (who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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