Baseball Preview: Torrey Pines Falcons vs. Carlsbad Lancers
The Torrey Pines Falcons will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Carlsbad Lancers at 4:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Torrey Pines: 1.1, Carlsbad: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Thursday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Torrey Pines had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against Del Norte. That's two games in a row now that Torrey Pines has lost by just one run.
Thomas Maher was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Carlsbad beat Rancho Bernardo 6-3 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Carlsbad.
Andrew Langer tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over 4.1 innings pitched.
At the plate, Carlsbad saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Foster, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Ayden Munoz, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Torrey Pines' loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-3. As for Carlsbad, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Torrey Pines has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.5 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Carlsbad struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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