Baseball Preview: Pacifica Tritons vs. Riverside Prep Silver Knights
Pacifica has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Riverside Prep Silver Knights at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Pacifica is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They beat Whittier Christian by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-1.
Devon Wilkes spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on three hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Pacifica saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was JJ Carmona, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Riverside Prep waltzed into their game on Tuesday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Jaguars and snuck past 5-3.
Pacifica pushed their record up to 17-11-1 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Riverside Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season.
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