Baseball Preview: Mission Viejo Diablos vs. Centennial Huskies
The Mission Viejo Diablos will be playing at home against the Centennial Huskies at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Mission Viejo is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Mission Viejo waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They beat the Tartars by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 5-4.
Cooper Hahn made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Hahn was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Mission Viejo let Keenan Anzai and Zale Ming loose on the outfield. Anzai went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double, while Ming went 2-for-4 with a home run. Another player making a difference was Tyler Holland, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Centennial faced San Juan Hills in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Centennial took an 8-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of San Juan Hills. Centennial's loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Centennial also got a good showing from Damon Esqueda, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also only allowed one walk).
On the hitting side, Centennial saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wyatt Arellano, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Mission Viejo is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Centennial, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-3.
Mission Viejo beat Centennial 5-0 in their previous meeting back in April of 2015. Will Mission Viejo repeat their success, or does Centennial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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