The Mendocino Cardinals's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Tomales Braves at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Tomales took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Mendocino, who comes in off a win.
Mendocino is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Technology, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Mendocino was ranked seventh). Mendocino put the hurt on Technology with a sharp 4-1 victory on Monday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 3-0.
Meanwhile, Tomales was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Upper Lake, falling 7-0.
Mendocino has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Tomales, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Mendocino came out on top in a nail-biter against Tomales in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mendocino since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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