Calabasas is 2-8 against Newbury Park since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Calabasas Coyotes will head out on the road to take on the Newbury Park Panthers at 3:30 p.m.
Calabasas is is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 25th straight game dating back to last season on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-1 walloping at the hands of Thousand Oaks.
Calabasas saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Camryn Somoza, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Newbury Park had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 7-2 victory over the Lions. Seven seems to be a good number for Newbury Park as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Taylor Cook spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on three hits and racked up ten Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in 15 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Janessa Gutierrez, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and five RBI.
Calabasas' loss dropped their record down to 0-19. As for Newbury Park, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-4.
Calabasas might still be hurting after the 11-0 defeat they got from Newbury Park when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cook, who struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Now that Calabasas knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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