Baseball Preview: Orange Lutheran Lancers vs. Mater Dei Monarchs
Orange Lutheran is 8-2 against Mater Dei since March of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Orange Lutheran Lancers will look to defend their home field against the Mater Dei Monarchs at 3:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Orange Lutheran: 2.6, Mater Dei: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Saturday fans watched as two of the best teams in the nation hit the field. Orange Lutheran fell 3-0 to Corona. Orange Lutheran's loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Orange Lutheran saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gabe Fraser, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
St. John Bosco typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Mater Dei proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top against the Braves by a score of 7-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Mater Dei.
Orange Lutheran's defeat dropped their record down to 19-5. As for Mater Dei, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.
Orange Lutheran came out on top in a nail-biter against Mater Dei in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Does Orange Lutheran have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mater Dei turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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