Baseball Preview: Rancho Buena Vista Longhorns vs. Mission Hills Grizzlies
Rancho Buena Vista is on a five-game streak of home losses, Mission Hills a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Rancho Buena Vista Longhorns will take on the Mission Hills Grizzlies at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Rancho Buena Vista's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Westview on Friday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 6-0 to the Wolverines, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Rancho Buena Vista saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Oropeza, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Mission Hills lost 7-1 to Poway on Friday.
Even though they lost, Mission Hills didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Poway only tossed four.
Rancho Buena Vista's loss dropped their record down to 10-15-1. As for Mission Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-11-1.
Rancho Buena Vista came out on top in a nail-biter against Mission Hills when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 4-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Mission Hills' Joey Navarro, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Rancho Buena Vista still be able to contain Navarro? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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