The Santa Paula Cardinals will square off against the Viewpoint Patriots at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday.
Santa Paula can't be to happy about their upcoming road contest considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home on Monday. They came up short against Simi Valley, falling 15-4. The loss continues a trend for the Cardinals in their matchups with the Pioneers: they've now lost four in a row.
Mia Cardenas and Angie ?Frankie? Aguilera did some serious damage despite the final result: Cardenas scored a run while going 1-for-2, while Aguilera went 1-for-3 with one home run.
Meanwhile, everything went Viewpoint's way against Cleveland on Wednesday as Viewpoint made off with a 14-1 win.
Emjay Peck made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out 14 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Peck was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-5 with two triples, three runs, and two RBI. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in triples.
In other batting news, Carly Nelson was incredible, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. Gwyneth Lewis was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Viewpoint always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .528. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cleveland only posted an OBP of .167.
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