For the second straight game, Katella will face off against Costa Mesa. The Knights will square off against the Mustangs at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Katella 2.8, Costa Mesa 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Katella is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest defeat since March 10th on Tuesday. They fell just short of Costa Mesa by a score of 5-3. The Knights' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
For Costa Mesa's part, they got a great performance from Troy Simmonds as he pitched six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Simmonds has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Costa Mesa's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Will Clark, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with two RBI and one run. Those four hits gave Clark a new career-high. Mateo Navarro was another, going 2-for-3 with one run.
The win (which was Costa Mesa's fourth in a row) raised their record to 19-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. As for Katella, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-4.
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