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| 04/18/25 - Away | 11-1 W |
| 05/03/24 - Away | 7-0 W |
| 04/02/24 - Home | 8-4 W |
St. Helena has gone a perfect 3-0 against Upper Lake recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Saints will host the Cougars at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Helena has three straight victories, Upper Lake has 14 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. Helena proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by eight) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Fort Bragg 4-3.
The team relied heavily on Dean Sommer, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and one run. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high.
Middletown hit Upper Lake with a four-run fourth inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Cougars lost 14-8 to the Mustangs.
St. Helena's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-6. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Upper Lake, their loss dropped their record down to 3-16.
Everything went St. Helena's way against Upper Lake in their previous matchup back in April, as St. Helena made off with an 11-1 win. Do the Saints have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cougars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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