The San Dieguito Academy Mustangs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rancho Buena Vista Longhorns at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. San Dieguito Academy will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Last Thursday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but San Dieguito Academy had to settle for an 8-6 defeat against Mission Hills. San Dieguito Academy has struggled against Mission Hills recently, as their game on Thursday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
San Dieguito Academy got a good showing from Austin Payne, who struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Maxwell Saneff and Gavin Medina stepped up to the plate in a big way. Saneff scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Medina scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, San Dieguito Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Rancho Buena Vista fell victim to a rough 8-1 loss at the hands of San Marcos on Friday.
San Dieguito Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Rancho Buena Vista, their loss was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-5.
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