The San Clemente Tritons will challenge the Foothill Knights at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (San Clemente 3.3, Foothill 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
San Clemente is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Westlake an 8-0 shutout. The Tritons not only won on Friday, but they posted their biggest win since March 22nd (when they won 12-1).
Meanwhile, Foothill posted their closest victory since April 1st on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Millikan, sneaking past 6-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Gavin Lauridsen made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. He has become a key player for Foothill: the team is 10-1 when he allows at most three earned runs, but 8-10 otherwise. Lauridsen was also big at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Lauridsen wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Patrick Petrossi, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with two RBI. Those two RBI gave Petrossi a new career-high.
San Clemente has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 19-10 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Foothill, their victory bumped their record up to 18-11.
San Clemente came up short against Foothill when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 6-2. Can the Tritons avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
