The Pacifica Tritons will face off against the Buena Bulldogs at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pacifica will be strutting in after a victory while Buena will be coming in after a defeat.
Pacifica proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by seven) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past St. Bonaventure 6-4.
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The team relied heavily on Riley Ortega, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Villicana, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.
Pacifica hit Buena with a four-run seventh inning , which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Bulldogs might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 8-1 to the Tritons, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Bulldogs haven't had much luck with the Tritons recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Buena saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Trigo, who went 1-for-3 with one double.
Pacifica's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-7. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Buena, their loss dropped their record down to 8-10.
Pacifica took their win against Buena in their previous matchup on Tuesday by a conclusive 8-1 score. Do the Tritons have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bulldogs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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