Baseball Preview: Mills Vikings vs. Woodside Wildcats
Mills is 1-9 against Woodside since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Mills Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Woodside Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mills' pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over Design Tech.
The team relied heavily on Aiden Brown, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases. Another player making a difference was Joshua Huei, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Woodside scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Friday. They walked away with a 10-7 victory over University. The win was familiar territory for Woodside who now have three in a row.
Vincent Vazquez looked comfortable as he tossed 2.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Harry Pelzman was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Trent Amoroso, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and two runs.
Mills' victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-12. As for Woodside, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2-1 record this season.
Mills came up short against Woodside in their previous matchup back in March of 2023, falling 5-0. Can Mills avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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