CALS Early College waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They walked away with a 16-11 win over the Los Angeles Leadership Academy Lions.
The team relied heavily on Evelyn Mendoza, who scored three runs while going 3-for-6. The team also got some help courtesy of Daniela Rivera, who scored two runs while going 2-for-5.
On Los Angeles Leadership Academy's side, Merari Palma and Maria Machic did some serious damage despite the final result: Palma scored three runs and stole six bases while going 3-for-3, while Machic scored two runs and stole five bases while going 3-for-3. Machic has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last nine times she's played. Another player making a difference was Rachel Vidal-Echeverria, who scored two runs and stole five bases while going 2-for-4.
CALS Early College pushed their record up to 8-2 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Los Angeles Leadership Academy, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-4.
CALS Early College will head out on the road to take on ESAT at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in ESAT's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last three matchups. As for Los Angeles Leadership Academy, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 24-10 win vs. Animo De La Hoya on the 18th.
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