Softball Preview: Poway Titans vs. Mission Hills Grizzlies
The Poway Titans will head out on the road to take on the Mission Hills Grizzlies at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Poway's pitching crew has only allowed two runs per game this season, so Mission Hills' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
If Poway beats Mission Hills with five runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Poway sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 victory over Del Norte on Saturday. Winning may never get old, but Poway sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Meanwhile, Mission Hills fell victim to Del Norte and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Nighthawks. Mission Hills has not had much luck with Del Norte recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Mission Hills saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kennedy Dimmick, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Even though they lost, Mission Hills didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Del Norte only tossed seven.
Poway is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6-1 record this season. As for Mission Hills, their loss dropped their record down to 14-9-2.
Poway was able to grind out a solid win over Mission Hills in their previous meeting back in April, winning 5-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Poway since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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