The La Quinta Blackhawks will stay at home for another game and welcome the Santa Monica Vikings at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (La Quinta: 4.1, Santa Monica: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
La Quinta is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Hemet a 4-0 shutout. Give La Quinta's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last game, Santa Monica made sure to put some runs up on the board against Santa Paula on Thursday. Santa Monica was the clear victor by a 16-0 margin over Santa Paula. That looming 16-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Santa Monica yet this season.
La Quinta pushed their record up to 17-9-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Santa Monica, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-11-1 record this season.
La Quinta came up short against Santa Monica in their previous matchup back in February, falling 8-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Santa Monica's Drew Vudmaska, who struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits. Now that La Quinta knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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