Laguna Hills is on a four-game streak of home losses (dating back to last season), Irvine a four-game streak of away losses (dating back to last season), but someone's luck is about to change. The Laguna Hills Hawks will take on the Irvine Vaqueros at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Laguna Hills will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Laguna Hills scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Monday. They walked away with a 10-5 win over Portola.
Katia Wiklem made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Wiklem was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Kassidy Patterson was incredible, going 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Tessa Pollock was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Irvine fell victim to a rough 7-1 loss at the hands of Beckman on Tuesday.
Irvine saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Abby Sasaki, who went 2-for-4 with a triple.
Laguna Hills' victory bumped their record up to 2-5. As for Irvine, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8-1.
Laguna Hills suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Irvine when the teams last played back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Irvine's Hyli De Los Santos, who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Now that Laguna Hills knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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