The Ramona Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the Mt. Carmel Sundevils at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Ramona is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Valley Center on Thursday. They lost 8-1 to the Jaguars.
Ramona saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evie Brown, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Mt. Carmel had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.6 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They never let the Warriors onto the board and left with a 3-0 win.
Riley Ronald made a splash no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Ronald was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with an RBI.
In other batting news, Liliana Gonzalez was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
Ramona has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-17 record this season. As for Mt. Carmel, they pushed their record up to 15-9 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Ramona might still be hurting after the 10-3 loss they got from Mt. Carmel when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ronald, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. Now that Ramona 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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