The Soquel Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Scotts Valley Falcons at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Soquel has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with 17 straight losses, while Scotts Valley will come in with five straight wins.
Soquel will head into Tuesday's matchup ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Thursday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Tuesday was a bit more commanding. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 15-1 walloping at the hands of Aptos.
Meanwhile, Scotts Valley can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. They put the hurt on Harbor with a sharp 16-3 victory. With that win, Scotts Valley brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Sofie Seese looked comfortable as she struck out seven batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jazzy Doubek and Ellen Eagle did most of the damage at the plate: Doubek scored two runs while going 2-for-2, while Eagle went 2-for-2 with three RBI, a triple, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Gracie Delgado, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.
Soquel's loss dropped their record down to 0-13. As for Scotts Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 6-4.
Soquel suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Scotts Valley when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Seese, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over six innings pitched. Now that Soquel knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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