Poly Prep Country Day is ranked highly in their home state and on Wednesday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Huntington Beach. The Blue Devils fell just short of the Oilers by a score of 5-4. That's two games in a row now that the Blue Devils have lost by just one run.
Justice De Jong was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Mateo Noto made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one double. That triple was his first of the season.
Poly Prep Country Day now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Huntington Beach, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 13-1.
Poly Prep Country Day wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next contest, a 6-2 defeat against La Mirada on the 10th. As for Huntington Beach, they have also already played their next match, a 12-1 victory against Collierville on the 10th.
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