{"id":327243,"date":"2026-08-22T06:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T06:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327243\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T06:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T06:22:20","slug":"san-francisco-vs-la-firebells-look-to-extend-wpbl-lead-against-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327243\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco vs LA: Firebells Look to Extend WPBL Lead Against Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With just over three regular-season weeks left in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womensprobaseballleague.com\/schedule\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.womensprobaseballleague.com\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2026 season<\/a>, No. 1 San Francisco looks to lengthen its WPBL standings lead against No. 2 LA and <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/wpbl-boston-hunters-fire-keith-foulke\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"38093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">No. 4 Boston<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Firebells sit a half-game above the Queens on a <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/kelsie-whitmore-3-home-runs-wpbl-stats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">5-3 record<\/a>, followed by No. 3 New York with just two games separating the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/wpbl-announces-4-inaugural-baseball-teams-ahead-of-2026-debut-season\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">four-team table<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fueled by a league-leading 11 home runs and 73 RBIs, San Francisco holds a 2-1 head-to-head advantage over LA after last week\u2019s 17-3 rout. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Topping the charts in hits, RBIs, and runs scored, Heights catcher Denae Benites has quickly emerged as both a <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/wpbl-the-realest-first-pro-womens-baseball-cards-memoribilia\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35766\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">fan favorite<\/a> and individual standout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Firebells ace Jill Albayati holds the lowest ERA for <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/wpbl-taps-womens-baseball-trailblazer-kelsie-whitmore-as-1st-ever-draft-pick\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"30273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">pitchers<\/a> with more than one start, tallying 10 strikeouts and two earned runs across 10 innings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Francisco takes on LA tonight at 7:30 PM ET (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ESPN+<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With just over three regular-season weeks left in the 2026 season, No. 1 San Francisco looks to lengthen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[118508,123114,123115,118510,9,24,63,122,124,123,110956],"class_list":["post-327243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-2026-wpbl-season","tag-denae-benites","tag-jill-albayati","tag-la-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-san-francisco-firebells"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}