The Southwest SD Raiders will venture away from home to square off against the Lincoln Hornets at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Southwest SD has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight losses, while Lincoln will come in with seven straight wins.
Southwest SD is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Sweetwater on Thursday. They lost 18-1 to the Red Devils. The contest marked the Raiders' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Lincoln hadn't done well against La Jolla recently (they were 1-7 in their previous eight matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Hornets were the clear victors by a 20-8 margin over the Vikings. The result was nothing new for the Hornets, who have now won 13 matches by eight runs or more so far this season.
The team relied heavily on Leyahniah Paleafei, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Nyema Curtis, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one double.
Lincoln was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .571. Their batting average was a full 0 higher than the also-impressive .444 that La Jolla posted.
Lincoln's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-10. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 18.9 runs over those games. As for Southwest SD, they now have a losing record of 9-10.
Everything went Southwest SD's way against Lincoln in their previous meeting back in February, as Southwest SD made off with a 21-3 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Raiders since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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