Sage Hill won against Cerritos last Friday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Sage Hill Lightning sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 victory over the Portola Bulldogs. The win made it back-to-back victories for Sage Hill.
Sage Hill's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Cruz Collier, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Dolotta, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI.
On Portola's side, Dominic Dave was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits. Dave has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Rocky Palacio and Cooper Marinelli did some serious damage despite the final result: Palacio scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Marinelli scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Palacio has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Isaac Lin, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Sage Hill's victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-15. As for Portola, they dropped their record down to 8-8-1 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Sage Hill will have a chance to go back-to-back against Portola: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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