Granite Bay and Rocklin are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2021, but likely not for long. The Granite Bay Grizzlies will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Rocklin Thunder at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Granite Bay: 3.9, Rocklin: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Granite Bay will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Thursday, then bounced right back against Casa Roble on Friday. Granite Bay came out on top against Casa Roble by a score of 10-6.
Paetynn Snobar tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over 6.2 innings while giving up three earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Granite Bay got a massive performance out of Sami McKown, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Madison Lopez, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Rocklin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Folsom by a score of 5-3. That's two games in a row now that Rocklin has lost by exactly two runs.
Savannah Lorenzini was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Granite Bay's victory bumped their record up to 8-13. As for Rocklin, their loss dropped their record down to 9-13.
Granite Bay suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Rocklin in their previous matchup on April 11th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rocklin's Payton Prior, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Now that Granite Bay 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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