The Lowell Cardinals will head out on the road to square off against the Balboa Buccaneers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Lowell is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Lincoln a 10-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lowell.
Kaylee Kline was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Kline has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts every time she's pitched this season. Kline was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Aja Saraf was a standout: she scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Sophie Duncan, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Balboa had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.6 runs), and they went ahead and made it six last Thursday. They blew past the Bears 23-5. 23 seems to be a good number for Balboa as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Lowell is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for Balboa, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-3.
Lowell came up short against Balboa when the teams last played back in April, falling 7-2. Can Lowell avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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