The Marina Mariners will take on the Watsonville Wildcatz at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Marina has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with seven straight losses, while Watsonville will come in with five straight wins.
Marina fell victim to King City and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They came up short against the Mustangs, falling 15-0.
Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Watsonville ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Silver Creek 13-11. 13 seems to be a good number for the Wildcatz as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Rudy Valdez, who scored four runs and stole two bases while going 6-for-6. Those six hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Patrick Miller - Brown, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances.
Valdez wasn't the only one making solid contact: Watsonville kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 15 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in six consecutive matchups.
Watsonville's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-9. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.7 runs over those games. As for Marina, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
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