The South Hills Huskies will head out on the road to square off against the Pacifica Mariners at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as South Hills comes in on four and Pacifica on eight.
South Hills is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Vista Murrieta as South Hills made off with an 8-2 victory. Considering South Hills has won 13 contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Parker Milton spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits and racked up six Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Joie Economides was incredible, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Kayla Sigala, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with a home run.
Meanwhile, Pacifica earned a 5-1 win over Capistrano Valley last Friday.
Delaina Maae was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
South Hills is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Pacifica, their victory was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 23-2.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. South Hills hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Pacifica struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
South Hills came up short against Pacifica in their previous meeting back in May of 2017, falling 3-0. Can South Hills avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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