Baseball Game Preview: Steele Canyon Cougars vs. San Ysidro Cougars

We've got a battle between Cougars coming up. Steele Canyon is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.

Steele Canyon's tournament run continued when they took on Mission Hills on Tuesday. The Cougars fell 6-1 to the Grizzlies.

Steele Canyon got a good showing from Nick Marcon, who tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.

At the plate, Tommy Rimoldi was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Andrew Bravo also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but San Ysidro ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Santa Fe Christian 5-3. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.

Jorge Baez was excellent, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one triple, one run, and one RBI.

San Ysidro's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-6. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Steele Canyon, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8.

Steele Canyon beat San Ysidro 5-1 in their previous meeting back in March. Will Steele Canyon repeat their success, or does San Ysidro has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.