Baseball Preview: Costa Mesa Mustangs vs. Cerritos Dons
Costa Mesa has been on the road for three straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Cerritos Dons at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Costa Mesa: 2.3, Cerritos: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Monday, Costa Mesa came out on top against Long Beach Poly by a score of 5-2 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Costa Mesa's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Wylan Rottschafer, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4. Rottschafer has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Cerritos put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They never let Whitney onto the board and left with a 20-0 win. Cerritos' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Jack Lake looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Cerritos got a massive performance out of Braxton Reed, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Logan Alexander, who went 1-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a stolen base.
Costa Mesa has been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Cerritos, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-4.
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