Baseball Preview: Verdugo Hills Dons vs. Legacy Tigers
The Verdugo Hills Dons will head out on the road to take on the Legacy Tigers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Legacy is hoping to do on Saturday what Hamilton couldn't on Saturday: put an end to Verdugo Hills' winning streak, which now stands at four games. Verdugo Hills narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Hamilton 4-2.
Verdugo Hills got a great performance from Anthony Velasquez as he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Justin McCubbin, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. Anthony Ramirez was another key contributor, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two stolen bases and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Legacy has not done well against South East recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Legacy blew past South East 7-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Legacy.
Verdugo Hills' victory bumped their record up to 11-9. As for Legacy, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
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