Baseball Game Preview: Gahr Gladiators vs. Orange Lutheran Lancers

The Gahr Gladiators will take on the Orange Lutheran Lancers at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Gahr is coming into the match hot, having won their last six games.

Four must be Gahr's lucky number: they beat El Segundo with that score not once but twice on Saturday. The Gladiators beat the Eagles by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 4-2.

Meanwhile, Orange Lutheran unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Mater Dei by a score of 6-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Lancers have suffered against the Monarchs since March 25, 2022.

Brady Murrietta was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Josiah Hartshorn, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Gahr's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-10. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for Orange Lutheran, their loss dropped their record down to 21-6.