Simi Valley and Camarillo are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2021, but likely not for long. The Simi Valley Pioneers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Camarillo Scorpions at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Simi Valley sitting on four straight victories and Camarillo on five.
On Saturday, Simi Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Burroughs, taking the game 7-4.
Jackson Goshorn looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Simi Valley got a big performance out of Danny Pina, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Landen Adair, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Camarillo had just enough and edged Valencia out 8-7 on Saturday.
Josh Sloan looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, Boston Bateman was excellent, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Nate Tostado, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Simi Valley's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-9-2. As for Camarillo, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
Simi Valley came up short against Camarillo in their previous matchup back in March, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Camarillo's Nick Tostado, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that Simi Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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