Oak Park has gone a perfect 5-0 against Fillmore recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Eagles will be playing at home against the Flashes at 3:30 p.m. Oak Park's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Fillmore's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Oak Park's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Nordhoff with a sharp 15-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Elle Samuels
| 04/09/26 vs Nordhoff | 11 |
| 03/25/26 vs Simi Valley | 5 |
| 03/24/26 @ Royal | 4 |
| 03/23/26 vs Kennedy | 3 |
| 03/18/26 @ Newbury Park | 2 |
| + 3 more games |
Elle Samuels tossed a big game, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in March.
At the plate, Arika Innis and Julia Katz did most of the damage at the plate: Innis went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run and two runs, while Katz went 2-for-4 with three runs and three RBI. Those two hits gave Innis a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Sailor Platt, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 11 runs the game before, Fillmore was a bit more limited in their matchup on Wednesday. They lost 14-1 to San Marcos. The defeat continues a trend for the Flashes in their meetings with the Royals: they've now lost four in a row.
Fillmore saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Azaria Aguilar, who went 1-for-2 with one run.
Fillmore's loss dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Oak Park, their victory bumped their record up to 10-7.
Everything went Oak Park's way against Fillmore when the teams last played back in February of 2023, as Oak Park made off with a 7-0 win. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Flashes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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