The Los Banos Tigers will take on the Buhach Colony Thunder at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Los Banos is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.
Los Banos came up short against Atwater on Tuesday, falling 9-3.
Los Banos saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mya Arista, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Buhach Colony, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. Everything went their way against El Capitan on Tuesday as they made off with a 20-3 victory. Considering the Thunder have won five matches by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Buhach Colony also got a great performance from Annika Starling as she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave Starling a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Peyton Runyan Rocha, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, four runs, and five RBI. Those five RBI gave her a new career-high. Jasmine Resendez was another key player, going 1-for-4 with one home run and four RBI.
Buhach Colony was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .414. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as El Capitan only posted a batting average of .111.
Buhach Colony pushed their record up to 7-9 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for Los Banos, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11.
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