Newport Harbor is 2-8 against Huntington Beach since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Sailors will face off against the Oilers at 3:15 p.m. Newport Harbor is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last six games.
On Friday, Newport Harbor sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-4 win over Fountain Valley.
Lucas Perez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off six hits. Perez was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI.
Perez wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Gavin Guy, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. Adam Martin was another, going 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Huntington Beach had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.7 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They walked away with a 7-2 victory over the Griffins.
Jake Frohn looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. What's more, he posted three strikeouts, the most he's had since back in April of 2024.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jayton Greer, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and one double. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was CJ Weinstein, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and one double.
Huntington Beach lost a few balls and finished the game with three home runs. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Los Alamitos didn't launched any home runs.
Newport Harbor's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-5. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Huntington Beach, their record is now 18-2.
Newport Harbor couldn't quite finish off Huntington Beach when the teams last played back in March of 2024 and fell 3-1. Can the Sailors avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
