The Valley Center Jaguars will take on the Lincoln Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Valley Center has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while Lincoln will come in with three straight wins.
Valley Center's tournament run continued when they took on Sylmar on Monday. The Jaguars fell just short of the Spartans by a score of 5-3. That's two games in a row now that the Jaguars have lost by exactly two runs.
Meanwhile, Lincoln had just enough and edged out Morse 3-2 on Monday.
Xavier Malizia spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on three hits and racked up seven Ks. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Lincoln is 3-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 2-5 otherwise.
At the plate, Lincoln's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Aidan Castaneda, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run. Jerry Hou was another, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Lincoln's win bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Valley Center, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
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