The Newbury Park Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Thousand Oaks Lancers at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Newbury Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
On Tuesday, Newbury Park made easy work of Nordhoff and carried off an 11-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Veronica Wasserman looked comfortable as she struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and not a single walk). She has been consistent : she hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Newbury Park got a massive performance out of Lily Johnson, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. That's the most stolen bases Johnson has posted since back in February. The team also got some help courtesy of Hanna Porter, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Newbury Park was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .409. They are a perfect 8-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, Thousand Oaks hadn't done well against Oaks Christian recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. The Lancers had just enough and edged out the Lions 4-3. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Lancers have posted since March 6th.
The team relied heavily on Faith Goldfield, who went 1-for-2 with one home run. Madison Jauregui was another key player, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Newbury Park's record is now 12-9. As for Thousand Oaks, their record now sits at 13-5-1.
Newbury Park suffered a grim 9-3 defeat to Thousand Oaks when the teams last played back in March. Can the Panthers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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