The Newbury Park Panthers are on the road again on Friday to play the Righetti Warriors at 1:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Newbury Park's hitters rose to the challenge against a Blackhawks pitching crew that boasted an average of only 3.53 points allowed on Thursday. Newbury Park blew past La Quinta 14-2. With that victory, Newbury Park brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Justin Frohn tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Nathaniel Nunez, who went 4-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Andrew Vega, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Righetti owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. Everything went their way against Pitman as Righetti made off with an 8-0 win. The victory was nothing new for Righetti as they're now sitting on four straight.
Caden Cuccia made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Cuccia was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
In other batting news, Cashius Carter was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Blake Thayer was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Newbury Park's record now sits at 11-6. As for Righetti, they pushed their record up to 10-6 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Friday. Newbury Park hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Righetti struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Newbury Park came up short against Righetti in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 5-2. Thankfully for Newbury Park, Alex Robles (who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits) 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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