For the second straight game, Orange Lutheran will face off against Mater Dei. The Lancers will face off against the Monarchs at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Orange Lutheran has four straight victories, Mater Dei has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Orange Lutheran's win against Mater Dei wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Lancers narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Monarchs 3-1.
Orange Lutheran got a great performance from Gary Morse as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. Morse has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Orange Lutheran saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Josiah Hartshorn, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double.
Orange Lutheran pushed their record up to 21-5 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Mater Dei, their loss dropped their record down to 13-13.
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