The Covina Colts will be playing in front of their home fans against the Northview Vikings at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Covina comes in on three and Northview on four.
On Monday, it was close, but Covina sidestepped West Covina for a 6-5 victory.
The team relied heavily on Maya Venegas, who fired off two home runs and three RBI while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Val Meza, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Northview has not done well against Charter Oak recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Northview sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Charter Oak.
Northview's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Caitlyn Wilson, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Covina's win bumped their record up to 8-5-1. As for Northview, they pushed their record up to 10-4 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Covina hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1.1 home runs per game. However, it's not like Northview struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6 per game. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Covina came up short against Northview when the teams last played on March 9th, falling 8-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Northview's Clementina Duran, who pitched six innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off eight hits (she also didn't allow any walks). Now that Covina 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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