The Carter Lions will be playing at home against the Rialto Knights at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Carter has seven straight victories, Rialto has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Carter put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Arroyo Valley a 10-0 shutout. That's two games straight that Carter has won by exactly ten runs.
Daniela Ron tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Jaelyn Vargas was incredible, going 3-for-3 with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base. Izzy Tyrrell was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Rialto fell victim to a rough 9-2 defeat at the hands of Colton on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Rialto has lost by exactly seven runs.
Rialto saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Delilah Perez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Carter's win bumped their record up to 8-4. As for Rialto, their loss dropped their record down to 6-10.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Carter hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1 home runs per game. However, it's not like Rialto struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.4. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Carter came out on top in a nail-biter against Rialto in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, sneaking past 9-8. Does Carter have another victory up their sleeve, or will Rialto turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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