Soledad is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Carmel is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Soledad Aztecs will take on the Carmel Padres at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Soledad is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 21 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against North Monterey County on Wednesday. They suffered a tough 8-1 defeat at the hands of the Condors.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last three matches, Carmel finally came back down to earth on Wednesday. They fell just short of Watsonville by a score of 3-1.
Allison Hacker spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned runs on six hits.
On the hitting side, Carmel saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nicole Tapson, who went 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.
Soledad's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-8. As for Carmel, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-7.
Soledad suffered a grim 22-4 defeat to Carmel in their previous meeting back in May of 2021. Can Soledad avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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