St. Joseph has won seven straight games at home, while Righetti has won seven straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Knights will host the Warriors at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. Joseph 2.4, Righetti 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
If St. Joseph beats Righetti with seven runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Knights never let Cabrillo get on the board and left with a 7-0 win on Wednesday. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by six runs or more this season.
Annalyssa Cota was incredible, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaycie Gavlak, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI.
Meanwhile, Righetti came up short against Lompoc on Wednesday and fell 5-1.
St. Joseph has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 18 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 21-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Righetti, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-7.
Everything went St. Joseph's way against Righetti when the teams last played back in April, as St. Joseph made off with an 8-1 win. Will the Knights repeat their success, or do the Warriors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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