The Shadow Hills Knights will be taking part in a tournament against the Newbury Park Panthers at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Shadow Hills is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Shadow Hills' tournament run continued when they took on Chaminade on Monday. The Knights fell 10-5 to the Eagles. That's two games in a row now that the Knights have lost by exactly five runs.
Ernesto Ibarra was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Cole Meka, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Newbury Park never let their opponents score on Monday. Everything went their way against Xavier Prep as they made off with a 10-0 victory. That ten run margin sets a new team best for the Panthers this season.
Jacob Marks tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. He also tossed no walks, which is notable because Newbury Park is 5-2 when he allows at most one walk, but 4-9 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Andrew Vega was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Carson Richter was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double.
Newbury Park was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. They are 3-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Shadow Hills now has a losing record of 10-11. As for Newbury Park, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-11.
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