Yucaipa is 8-2 against Cajon since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Yucaipa Thunderbirds will head out on the road to face off against the Cajon Cowboys at 3:45 p.m. Yucaipa is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Yucaipa will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by nine) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Redlands 3-1.
Brooklyn Dent spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, Yucaipa saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hailey Altenhof, who went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ivy Walker, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Cajon scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Friday. They blew past Citrus Valley 20-0. The win was nothing new for Cajon as they're now sitting on three straight.
The team relied heavily on Isabel Ravelo, who went 1-for-2 with five RBI, two runs, and a double. Rylee Torres was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Yucaipa has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-13-4 record this season. As for Cajon, their victory bumped their record up to 12-10-1.
Yucaipa came up short against Cajon in their previous matchup on Monday, falling 7-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cajon's Jada Villegas, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk). Now that Yucaipa knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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