Baseball Preview: Half Moon Bay Cougars vs. Carlmont Scots
The Half Moon Bay Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Carlmont Scots at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Half Moon Bay will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Last Monday, it was a hard-fought game, but Half Moon Bay had to settle for an 8-7 loss against Sequoia. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Half Moon Bay in their matchups with Sequoia: they've now lost six in a row.
Half Moon Bay got a good showing from Andreas Hipkins, who struck out seven batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned run off one hit.
At the plate, Riley Jackson led a balanced group of hitters, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with a home run, four RBI, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Aidan Vazquez, who went 2-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, everything went Carlmont's way against Terra Nova on Tuesday as Carlmont made off with an 8-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Carlmont.
Luke Tofigh was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Grant Goetz was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
Half Moon Bay's loss dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Carlmont, their victory bumped their record up to 10-6.
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