Crean Lutheran is 0-9 against Pacifica since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Crean Lutheran Saints will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Pacifica Mariners, where first pitch is scheduled at 3:15 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Tuesday, Crean Lutheran suffered a rough 18-1 defeat at the hands of Kennedy.
Meanwhile, Pacifica had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Tigers a 2-0 shutout. Give Pacifica's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
The result came thanks to Brynne Nally's shutout, as she gave up just four hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in 11 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Pacifica's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kaniya Bragg, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Mattea Stern, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Crean Lutheran's loss dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Pacifica, they pushed their record up to 19-2 with that victory, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season.
Crean Lutheran might still be hurting after the 11-0 defeat they got from Pacifica in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pacifica's Arianna Salas, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Now that Crean Lutheran knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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