Baseball Game Preview: Orange Lutheran Lancers vs. Los Alamitos Griffins

The Orange Lutheran Lancers are taking a road trip to face off against the Los Alamitos Griffins at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Orange Lutheran's pitching crew has only allowed 2.1 runs per game this season, so Los Alamitos' hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Orange Lutheran is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Rancho Cucamonga get on the board and left with a 5-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lancers.

Not much got past Gary Morse, who gave up just a hit and racked up six Ks to keep Rancho Cucamonga off the board. Morse has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.

Rock Akahi

Runs Batted In (Career)

05/15/25 vs Rancho Cucamonga	2
05/02/25 @ Mater Dei	1
04/29/25 @ Mater Dei	1
04/25/25 vs Servite	1
04/15/25 @ Santa Margarita	1

At the plate, Orange Lutheran saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rock Akahi, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double. Those two RBI gave Akahi a new career-high. Josiah Hartshorn was another, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one double.

Orange Lutheran was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Rancho Cucamonga only posted a batting average of .048.

Meanwhile, Los Alamitos posted their closest win since April 9th on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past La Mirada 4-2.

Los Alamitos also got a great performance from TRISTIN DALZELL as he struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.

Orange Lutheran's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-6. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.9 runs on average over those games. As for Los Alamitos, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-9-2 record this season.

Orange Lutheran couldn't quite finish off Los Alamitos in their previous matchup back in March of 2015 and fell 8-6. Can the Lancers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.