Birmingham can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent contest on Monday. They blew past the Taft Toreadors 18-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Birmingham.
Rebecca Lozano was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Lozano has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in ten consecutive pitching appearances. Lozano was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs while going 4-for-5.
In other batting news, Birmingham got a massive performance out of Jessica Rose, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Jazmine Olmos was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
On Taft's side, Katelyn Levine was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
Birmingham's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-4. As for Taft, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-10.
Birmingham will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Cleveland at 3:00 p.m. Birmingham's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Cleveland's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Taft, they will head out on the road to take on Chatsworth at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Chatsworth has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.48 runs per game on average), something Taft will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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