The Grand Terrace Titans will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Citrus Valley Blackhawks at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Grand Terrace's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Citrus Valley's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Grand Terrace's tournament run continued when they took on La Habra back in February. Grand Terrace took a 6-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of La Habra. The Titans haven't had much luck with the Highlanders recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Citrus Valley). They blew past Silverado 18-4 last Tuesday. While the Blackhawks didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
The team relied heavily on Kamryn Caldwell, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and four RBI. Those four RBI gave her a new career-high. Madison Marquez was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-3.
Citrus Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .481. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .364 or higher in seven consecutive matchups.
Citrus Valley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. Grand Terrace's loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Grand Terrace came out on top in a nail-biter against Citrus Valley in their previous meeting back in April of 2015, sneaking past 4-3. Does Grand Terrace have another victory up their sleeve, or will Citrus Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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