The Garden Grove Argonauts will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Westminster Lions at 5:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Garden Grove has eight straight victories, Westminster has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Garden Grove gave their fans yet another huge win on Saturday. They never let Godinez Fundamental onto the board and left with a 7-0 victory.
Kayden Connaty made a splash no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 16 over seven innings pitched. Connaty has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 13 consecutive pitching appearances. Connaty was also stellar in the batter's box, going 4-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, Andrea Santos was excellent, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and a double. Nabila Garcia was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, while it was Westminster who put the first points on the board on Friday, it was Godinez Fundamental who put up more. Westminster suffered a rough 18-8 loss at the hands of Godinez Fundamental.
Garden Grove pushed their record up to 13-8 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Westminster, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-20.
Everything went Garden Grove's way against Westminster in their previous meeting back in March as Garden Grove made off with a 13-0 victory. Will Garden Grove repeat their success, or does Westminster have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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