The Grand Terrace Titans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Alhambra Moors at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Grand Terrace: 2.2, Alhambra: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Grand Terrace is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Hillcrest out 4-3. The win was familiar territory for Grand Terrace who now have four in a row.
Ray Roybal made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Roybal was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his six plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Grand Terrace got a great performance from Colton Caldwell as he struck out eight batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits (and only one walk). Caldwell has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
Roybal wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Lucas Palos, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Jesse Medina was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Alhambra can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. They never let de Toledo onto the board and left with a 13-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Alhambra.
Jacob Rodriguez and Carlos Hernandez did most of the damage at the plate: Rodriguez scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Hernandez scored a run while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Daniel Gonzalez, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Grand Terrace's win bumped their record up to 22-4. As for Alhambra, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season.
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