Baseball Preview: Centennial Huskies vs. Roosevelt Mustangs
Centennial is 8-2 against Roosevelt since May of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Centennial Huskies will be playing in front of their home fans against the Roosevelt Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Centennial: 3.3, Roosevelt: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Centennial put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Everything went their way against Mission Viejo as Centennial made off with a 9-3 win.
The team relied heavily on Ryder Dykstra, who went 4-for-4 with three doubles, three RBI, and a stolen base. Michael Nonis was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt pushed their score to 16 the last time they played they, but on Friday they couldn't quite do it again. They fell just short of Ramona by a score of 3-1. Roosevelt has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Roosevelt also got a good showing from Roman Magana, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
On the hitting side, Roosevelt saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dean Loyd, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Centennial is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. As for Roosevelt, their loss dropped their record down to 12-7.
Everything went Centennial's way against Roosevelt when the teams last played back in February as Centennial made off with an 11-3 victory. Will Centennial repeat their success, or does Roosevelt have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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