The Yuba City Honkers will square off against the Placer Hillmen at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Yuba City 3.8, Placer 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Yuba City's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Wednesday's struggle, when Folsom hitters got past them. The Honkers came up short against the Bulldogs on Wednesday, falling 11-1. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, the Honkers couldn't push the score so high this time.
Yuba City saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brody Miller, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, Placer won against Frontier on Tuesday with six runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Hillmen's pitcher stepped up to hand Kerman a 6-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hillmen.
Not much got past Jayson Glatt, who gave up just seven hits to keep Kerman off the board. Glatt also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Placer is undefeated when he allows at most one earned run, but 7-9 otherwise.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Sam Mowry, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two doubles and two RBI. That's the most hits he has posted since back in March.
Yuba City moved to 17-5 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Placer, their win bumped their record up to 13-9.
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