After five games on the road, Petaluma is heading back home. They will take on the American Canyon Wolves at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Petaluma: 3.5, American Canyon: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Wednesday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Petaluma had to settle for a 4-3 loss against Casa Grande. That's two games in a row now that Petaluma has lost by just one run.
Petaluma saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dallas Young, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, American Canyon had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Monday. They never let the Panthers onto the board and left with a 17-0 win. American Canyon's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Deja Montgomery was a standout: she went 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Julia Ramirez, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Petaluma dropped their record down to 3-3 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for American Canyon, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
Petaluma came out on top in a nail-biter against American Canyon when the teams last played back in April of 2023, sneaking past 5-4. Will Petaluma repeat their success, or does American Canyon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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