The Monte Vista Mustangs will head out on the road to challenge the San Ramon Valley Wolves at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Monte Vista was handed a six-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Dougherty Valley on Thursday. Monte Vista came out on top in a nail-biter against Dougherty Valley and snuck past 4-2. The win was just what Monte Vista needed coming off of a 7-1 defeat in their prior match.
Monte Vista got a great performance from Samantha Kaiman as she struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and not a single walk). Kaiman has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Sophia Leyden was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Lily Parikh, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday San Ramon Valley sidestepped Carondelet for a 4-3 victory.
Monte Vista's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for San Ramon Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
Monte Vista came up short against San Ramon Valley when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 3-0. Thankfully for Monte Vista, Paige McLeod (who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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