Baseball Preview: Mar Vista Mariners vs. Olympian Eagles
The Mar Vista Mariners will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Olympian Eagles at 3:30 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mar Vista will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Thursday, then bounced right back against Hilltop on Monday. Mar Vista walked away with an 11-8 win over Hilltop. Considering Mar Vista's hitters had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
The team relied heavily on Keegan Flohr, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Lucious Ordaz was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Olympian sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 victory over Hilltop on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Olympian.
Andrew Arnce spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on four hits.
On the hitting side, Olympian's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Joshua Rodriguez, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Jordan Bleisch, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Mar Vista's record is now 6-18-1. As for Olympian, their record now sits at 8-14.
Mar Vista suffered a grim 11-2 defeat to Olympian in their previous matchup on April 4th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Arnce, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that Mar Vista knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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