The Redding Christian Lions will head out on the road to square off against the Burney Raiders at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Redding Christian has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Burney will arrive with 11 straight victories.
Redding Christian is headed out hoping to continue their success from last week, when they picked up their first road win of the season on Friday. They lost 15-6 to Chester.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Burney gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Portola a 13-0 shutout. 13 seems to be a good number for Burney as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Mia Perez made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Perez has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in 16 consecutive pitching appearances. Perez was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Burney got a big performance out of Alyssa Hawkins, who scored three runs while going 1-for-2. Alexis Witzel was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Redding Christian's loss dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Burney, they pushed their record up to 18-2 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Redding Christian suffered a grim 13-3 defeat to Burney in their previous matchup on Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Perez, who struck out 16 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits (and not a single walk). Now that Redding Christian knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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