The La Mirada Matadores will square off against the Birmingham Patriots at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as La Mirada comes in on four and Birmingham on five.
La Mirada is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Warren with a sharp 23-4 win two weeks ago. With that victory, the Matadores brought their scoring average up to 6.8 runs per game.
Aiden Aguayo
| 03/13/25 vs Warren | 5 |
| 02/25/25 vs St. Augustine | 3 |
| 04/05/24 vs Oaks Christian | 3 |
| 06/01/24 @ Orange Lutheran | 2 |
| 04/13/24 vs Maranatha | 2 |
The team relied heavily on Aiden Aguayo, who fired off two home runs, five RBI, and one double while going 3-for-3. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jason Rodriguez, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, three runs, and two RBI.
La Mirada always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .660. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Birmingham won against Taft on Wednesday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Birmingham never let Chatsworth get on the board and left with a 4-0 win.
La Mirada pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 12 hits in those games compared to only 4.4 in the others. As for Birmingham, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
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