Notre Dame is 10-0 against North Salinas since May of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Notre Dame Spirits will look to defend their home field against the North Salinas Vikings at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Notre Dame has five straight wins, North Salinas has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Notre Dame gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Everett Alvarez with a sharp 8-1 win. Eight seems to be a good number for Notre Dame as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Notre Dame got a massive performance out of Aalyssah Hui Hui-Martinez, who went 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Maya Martinez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, North Salinas didn't have quite enough to beat North Monterey County on Wednesday and fell 3-2.
Notre Dame is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for North Salinas, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-8.
Notre Dame beat North Salinas 3-0 when the teams last played back in March. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was North Salinas' Makayla O?Gan, who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Notre Dame still be able to contain O?Gan? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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