Perris is 0-10 against Citrus Hill since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Perris Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Citrus Hill Hawks at 3:15 p.m. Neither Perris nor Citrus Hill posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Perris was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 13th straight loss. They fell just short of Temecula Prep by a score of 1-0.
Perris saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Cooper, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Meanwhile, Citrus Hill came tearing into Thursday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged the Tigers out 2-1.
Efren Urrea spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on two hits.
Perris' defeat dropped their record down to 1-16. As for Citrus Hill, their victory bumped their record up to 11-4.
Perris suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Citrus Hill when the teams last played back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Citrus Hill's Nicholas Munoz, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. Now that Perris knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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