The King City Mustangs are taking a road trip to square off against the Alisal Trojans at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
King City came into their game on Friday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against Carmel, falling 18-3. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Padres recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Alisal had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Aztecs a 19-0 shutout. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 13 runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Brooklyn Smith, who got on base in all five of her plate appearances with one home run, five runs, and one stolen base. That home run was her first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Micah Smith, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
Alisal was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .533. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .389 or higher in three consecutive games.
Alisal's record is now 5-3. As for King City, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5.
King City suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Alisal when the teams last played back in May of 2025. Can the Mustangs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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