It was a good run, but Corona unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Saturday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (2-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. The contest marked the first time this year in which they were not able to get on the board.
Corona got a good showing from Jake Skelskey, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Skelskey has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On La Mirada's side, the result came thanks to Luke Armijo's shutout, as he gave up just four hits and racked up six Ks.
On the hitting side, La Mirada saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Oropeza, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Corona's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 22-3. As for La Mirada, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 18 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season.
Corona will head out on the road to square off against Roosevelt at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Roosevelt will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last. As for La Mirada, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Gahr at 3:15 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Gahr: 3.6, La Mirada: 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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