Huntington Beach has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Los Alamitos Griffins at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Huntington Beach: 2.1, Los Alamitos: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Huntington Beach is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Los Alamitos, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Huntington Beach was ranked tenth). Huntington Beach was the clear victor by a 7-1 margin over Los Alamitos on Tuesday.
Nathan Aceves tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jayton Greer was excellent, going 1-for-2 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of John Petrie, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Huntington Beach is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for Los Alamitos, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-7.
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