Baseball Game Preview: Costa Mesa Mustangs vs. Glendora Tartans

Costa Mesa is on a 13-game streak of home wins, while Glendora is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Mustangs will host the Tartans at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Costa Mesa 2.8, Glendora 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Costa Mesa is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past San Juan Hills 5-4. Five seems to be a good number for the Mustangs as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Mateo Navarro was incredible, going a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI and one triple.

Meanwhile, Glendora was able to grind out a solid victory over Yucaipa on Tuesday, taking the game 5-1.

Brayden Johnson tossed a big game, striking out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and only one walk). He has been consistent: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in eight consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Glendora's win was truly a team effort as nine different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Obert, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI. Another was Kai Zeits, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Glendora kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Yucaipa only managed six hits.

Glendora has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 20-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Costa Mesa, their win bumped their record up to 24-6.