Baseball Preview: Huntington Beach Oilers vs. Los Alamitos Griffins
Huntington Beach has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Los Alamitos Griffins at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Huntington Beach: 2.1, Los Alamitos: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Huntington Beach is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Los Alamitos, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Huntington Beach was ranked tenth). Huntington Beach was the clear victor by a 7-1 margin over Los Alamitos on Tuesday.
Nathan Aceves tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jayton Greer was excellent, going 1-for-2 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of John Petrie, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Huntington Beach is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for Los Alamitos, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-7.
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