Sunny Hills is 2-8 against La Habra since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Sunny Hills Lancers will head out on the road to challenge the La Habra Highlanders at 3:30 p.m. Sunny Hills' pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so La Habra's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Wednesday, Sunny Hills came up short against Fullerton and fell 8-5. Sunny Hills has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Olivia Pedraza C was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-4 with two runs and a triple. Another player making a difference was Ava Flores, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, while La Habra put up some runs on Wednesday, the same can't be said for Troy. La Habra blew past Troy 8-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for La Habra.
Maddison Payne tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 5.1 innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Mireya Gonzalez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4. Evelyn Dickerson was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Sunny Hills now has a losing record at 8-9. As for La Habra, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-11 record this season.
Sunny Hills took their victory against La Habra when the teams last played on April 3rd by a conclusive 12-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sunny Hills since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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