The Palma Chieftains will venture away from home to take on the Pacific Grove Breakers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Palma has five straight victories, Pacific Grove has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Palma proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by ten) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Hollister 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Chieftains have posted since February 27th.
Kiersten Jara spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on two hits and racked up 12 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Palma's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brynn Baxter, who went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Pacific Grove came up short against Hollister two weeks ago and fell 9-4.
Palma's win bumped their record up to 11-6. As for Pacific Grove, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11.
Everything went Palma's way against Pacific Grove in their previous matchup back in March, as Palma made off with a 7-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Chieftains 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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