Santa Clara has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Saratoga Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Santa Clara is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
Santa Clara lost 13-3 to Fremont on Monday. The loss continues a trend for Santa Clara in their matchups with Fremont: they've now lost three in a row.
Santa Clara saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jordyn Guzman, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double. Averie Lopez was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, while Saratoga put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Lynbrook. Saratoga sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over Lynbrook.
Santa Clara's defeat dropped their record down to 8-13. As for Saratoga, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Santa Clara suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Saratoga when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Saratoga's Saira Ramakrishnan, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Now that Santa Clara knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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