Willow Glen and Live Oak are an even 4-4 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Willow Glen Rams will head out on the road to challenge the Live Oak Acorns at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Willow Glen has three straight wins, Live Oak has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Willow Glen's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over Leland.
Catalina Medina made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Medina has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in ten consecutive pitching appearances. Medina was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing three bases.
Medina wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Katelynn Dilbeck, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Live Oak came up short against Westmont on Friday and fell 7-4.
Live Oak also got a good showing from Julianna Altamirano, who pitched 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, Eden Svoboda made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Hanah Lara, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Willow Glen has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Live Oak, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-16.
Willow Glen was able to grind out a solid win over Live Oak in their previous matchup back in April, winning 5-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Altamirano, who tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off five hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Willow Glen still be able to contain Altamirano? There's only one way to find out.
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