The La Mirada Matadores will take on the Ayala Bulldogs at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with La Mirada sitting on five straight wins and Ayala on 16.
La Mirada is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They put the hurt on Roosevelt with a sharp 12-4 victory. The Matadores might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by seven runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Ayala ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Murrieta Mesa.
Allie Lukaszewicz looked comfortable as she pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in 11 consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Ayala's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Viviana Jilek, who went 2-for-3 with one run.
Ayala's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-2. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.4 runs on average over those games. As for La Mirada, their win bumped their record up to 25-4.
La Mirada came out on top in a nail-biter against Ayala in their previous matchup back in March of 2019, sneaking past 5-4. Will the Matadores repeat their success, or do the Bulldogs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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