Carmel is 9-1 against Soledad since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Carmel Padres will head out on the road to take on the Soledad Aztecs at 4:30 p.m. Neither Carmel nor Soledad posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Carmel is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Watsonville just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Wildcatz by a score of 3-1.
Allison Hacker spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned runs on six hits.
At the plate, Carmel saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nicole Tapson, who went 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Soledad's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell victim to a rough 8-1 defeat at the hands of North Monterey County.
Carmel's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-7. As for Soledad, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-8.
Carmel took their victory against Soledad in their previous meeting back in May of 2021 by a conclusive 22-4. Will Carmel repeat their success, or does Soledad have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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