With a playoff game on the line, Vacaville rose to the challenge on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the St. Francis Troubadours a 19-0 shutout. Considering Vacaville has won 15 games by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Xochitl Atayde made a big impact no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Atayde has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Atayde was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Vacaville got a massive performance out of Natalya Stonebraker, who went 4-for-4 with a home run, four runs, and three RBI. Paige Witte was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
On St. Francis' side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Francesca Guerrera, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Vacaville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for St. Francis, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-10.
Vacaville will take on Tracy at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Tracy sitting on three straight victories and Vacaville on seven. St. Francis does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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