The La Jolla Country Day Torreys will head out on the road to square off against the Maranatha Christian Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (La Jolla Country Day has three straight victories, Maranatha Christian has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Saturday, it was close, but La Jolla Country Day sidestepped Classical Academy for a 3-2 win. That's two games straight that La Jolla Country Day has won by just one run.
The team relied heavily on Jackson Norum, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4. Jos? Partida was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a stolen base and a double.
Meanwhile, Maranatha Christian fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Santa Fe Christian on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They lost 12-3 to the Eagles.
Andy Baltgalvis was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched seven innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Maranatha Christian saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Charlie Morse, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Shane Piester, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
La Jolla Country Day's victory bumped their record up to 13-8-1. As for Maranatha Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 15-7.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. La Jolla Country Day hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.8 home runs per game. However, it's not like Maranatha Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.8. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
La Jolla Country Day came up short against Maranatha Christian in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 5-2. Thankfully for La Jolla Country Day, Joey Wittig (who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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