Watsonville waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They skirted past the Carmel Padres 3-1. Three seems to be a good number for Watsonville as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Amelia Martinez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on six hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Watsonville saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Esperanza Sigala, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
On Carmel's side, they also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and she was also dialed-in: Allison Hacker gave up three earned runs on six hits.
Watsonville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Carmel, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-7.
Watsonville will take on Pacific Grove at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Watsonville's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Pacific Grove's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Carmel, they will head out on the road to face off against Soledad at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Soledad is on a three-game streak of home wins, Carmel a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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