After having lost a blowout in their  previous game against Woodbridge, Beckman was happy to have turned things around  on Tuesday. They blew past the Irvine Vaqueros 7-1. This was payback for Beckman, who suffered  an  8-3  loss the last time these two teams met.
  Kiyomi Okamoto made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound,   striking out six batters over  six innings while giving up just one earned run off   four  hits. Okamoto has been consistent recently: she hasn't  pitched less than five  innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Okamoto was also solid in the batter's box,  going 2-for-3 with two  RBI and a  double.
 In other batting news,  the team  relied heavily on  Gracie Barios, who  scored two  runs while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was  Madison Heimann, who  scored a  run while going 2-for-3.
 On Irvine's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was  Abby Sasaki, who  went 2-for-4 with a  triple.
 Beckman's win bumped their record up to 8-5-3. As for Irvine, they dropped their record down to 5-8-1 with that  defeat, which was their fourth straight  on the road dating back to last season.
 Both  teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Beckman will  face off against Northwood at 3:30  p.m.  on Thursday. Beckman is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.3  runs per game this season. As for Irvine, they will be staying on the road  on Thursday to face off against Laguna Hills at 3:30  p.m. Laguna Hills will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more  runs each  matchup than the last.
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