After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Santa Barbara, Foothill Tech was happy to have turned things around on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Carpinteria Warriors an 18-0 shutout. The Dragons haven't had any issues with the Warriors recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive victory against them.
Jaelyn Perez made a splash no matter where she played. She tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-low in earned runs (zero). She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in February of 2024.

Tyler Trigo
03/10/25 vs Carpinteria | 3 |
02/20/25 @ Pacifica | 2 |
02/27/25 @ Santa Barbara | 1 |
04/25/24 @ St. Bonaventure | 1 |
02/24/24 vs Nordhoff | 1 |
In other batting news, Foothill Tech got a massive performance out of Tyler Trigo, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Trigo a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Jocelyn Morales, who scored four runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Foothill Tech was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .538. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .360 or higher in three consecutive matches.
The win got Foothill Tech back to even at 2-2. As for Carpinteria, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-6.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Foothill Tech will square off against Taft at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Foothill Tech's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs every time they've taken the field this season. As for Carpinteria, they will challenge Channel Islands at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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