The Serrano Diamondbacks will challenge the Citrus Valley Blackhawks at 3:15 p.m. on Friday.
Serrano is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Corona just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Wednesday. They lost 13-3 to the Panthers. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Diamondbacks have suffered since February 18th.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Citrus Valley, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They blew past San Jacinto 11-1 on Tuesday.
Citrus Valley got a great performance from Olivia Acuna as she didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave Acuna a new career-low in earned runs (zero).
At the plate, Madison Marquez was incredible, firing off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3. Those two home runs gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kamryn Caldwell, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
Citrus Valley kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in nine consecutive matches.
Citrus Valley is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. Serrano's loss dropped their record down to 7-6.
Serrano suffered a grim 17-6 defeat to Citrus Valley when the teams last played back in March of 2019. Can Serrano avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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