The Paloma Valley Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Santiago Sharks at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Santiago will be up against a hot Paloma Valley squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. Everything went Paloma Valley's way against Tahquitz on Thursday as Paloma Valley made off with a 9-3 victory. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by six runs or more this season.
Kaydence Koepsell looked comfortable as she pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks any time she's pitched this season.
Abigail Rogers
| 03/20/25 vs Tahquitz | 5 |
| 03/11/24 @ Lakeside | 3 |
| 03/04/24 vs San Jacinto | 3 |
| 05/02/24 vs San Jacinto | 2 |
| 03/08/24 @ Corona | 2 |
On the hitting side, Paloma Valley got a massive performance out of Abigail Rogers, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and five RBI. Those five RBI gave Rogers a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Brooklyn Berni, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Santiago entered their tilt with Kennedy on Friday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Fighting Irish with a sharp 10-2 win.
Paloma Valley pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.9 runs over those games. As for Santiago, their victory bumped their record up to 6-7.
Paloma Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Santiago in their previous matchup back in February, sneaking past 3-1. Will Paloma Valley repeat their success, or does Santiago has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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