San Gorgonio has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Rialto Knights at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought game, but San Gorgonio had to settle for a 16-15 defeat against Colton. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (ten), San Gorgonio still had to take the loss.
ANA BARAJAS was cooking despite her team's loss, going 4-for-5 with a home run, six RBI, and three runs. The team also got some help courtesy of MYLIA LABAN, who scored a run while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 11 runs the game before, Rialto was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. Their tough 11-1 loss to Carter might stick with them for a while. Rialto has struggled against Carter recently, as their matchup on Tuesday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Rialto saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Samantha Artaza, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
San Gorgonio's defeat dropped their record down to 10-15. As for Rialto, their loss dropped their record down to 8-17.
Rialto's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: San Gorgonio has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 9 hits per game. It's a different story for Rialto, though, as they've been averaging 9.5. Given San Gorgonio's sizable advantage in that area, Rialto will need to find a way to close that gap.
San Gorgonio came out on top in a nail-biter against Rialto in their previous meeting on April 2nd, sneaking past 5-4. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Rialto's Natalie Pedroza, who tossed nine innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will San Gorgonio still be able to contain Pedroza? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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