The Mission Hills Grizzlies will be playing at home against the Poway Titans at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Mission Hills: 2.9, Poway: 2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Mission Hills' hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Del Norte on Thursday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Nighthawks. The defeat continues a trend for Mission Hills in their matchups with Del Norte: they've now lost eight in a row.
Mission Hills saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kennedy Dimmick, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Even though they lost, Mission Hills didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Del Norte only tossed seven.
Meanwhile, Poway won against San Pasqual on Thursday with five runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. Poway sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over Del Norte. The victory was nothing new for Poway as they're now sitting on three straight.
Mission Hills' loss dropped their record down to 14-9-2. As for Poway, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6-1 record this season.
Mission Hills came up short against Poway in their previous meeting back in April, falling 5-2. Will Mission Hills have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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