The Santana Sultans will venture away from home to take on the El Capitan Vaqueros at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Santana will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Santana is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell 17-14 to Steele Canyon on Wednesday. The Sultans have struggled against the Cougars recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.
Emma Schneider and Kaylee Lindahl did some serious damage despite the final result: Schneider got on base in all five of her plate appearances with four runs and one stolen base, while Lindahl went 2-for-4 with one home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Brianna Canty, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one double.
Meanwhile, El Capitan had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Eagles, sneaking past 2-0. That's two games straight that the Vaqueros have won by exactly two runs.
Not much got past Makenna Burton, who gave up just five hits and racked up six Ks to keep Granite Hills off the board. Burton has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up a single earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, El Capitan's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ryleigh Vesco, who went 1-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI. Ciara Bernardini also deserves some recognition as she hit her first double of the season.
Santana's loss dropped their record down to 12-8. As for El Capitan, their win bumped their record up to 9-11.
Santana beat El Capitan 9-6 when the teams last played back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Sultans since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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