Baseball Preview: Clairemont Chieftains vs. Scripps Ranch Falcons
The Clairemont Chieftains will head out on the road to face off against the Scripps Ranch Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Clairemont is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Clairemont's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They came out on top against Mission Bay by a score of 1-0 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Not much got past Christian Garcia, who gave up just three hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Mission Bay off the board.
On the hitting side, Clairemont's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Colton Daudet, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Scripps Ranch had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came out on top against the Vikings by a score of 7-3.
Jesse Dawson and Jordan Green made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Dawson tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Green pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Dawson has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Dawson scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4, while Green scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Daniel Lee was excellent, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Schwarz, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Clairemont's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 14-11-1. As for Scripps Ranch, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-14 record this season.
Clairemont might still be hurting after the 12-4 loss they got from Scripps Ranch when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Clairemont avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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