The Santa Clara Bruins will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Palo Alto Vikings at 4:00 p.m. Santa Clara is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
Santa Clara lost 16-3 to Homestead on Monday. The loss continues a trend for Santa Clara in their matchups with Homestead: they've now lost five in a row.
Santa Clara saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cita (Analisa) Chavez, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Palo Alto gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. Everything went their way against Lynbrook as Palo Alto made off with a 15-7 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what Palo Alto needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Kira Tzeng made a big impact no matter where she played. She struck out eight batters over 6.1 innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits. Tzeng was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with an RBI.
In other batting news, Palo Alto got a massive performance out of Kendall Butler, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Maya Garcia, who scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Santa Clara's defeat dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Palo Alto, their win bumped their record up to 6-8-1.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Santa Clara has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 4 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Palo Alto struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.5. The only question left is which team can snag more. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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