The Mission Hills Grizzlies will be playing in front of their home fans against the Helix Highlanders at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Mission Hills and six for Helix.
Last Thursday, Mission Hills didn't have quite enough to beat San Marcos and fell 2-1.
Oloa Motas was huge no matter where she played even without the win. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching six innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Motas has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Motas was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Helix fell victim to Santana and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They fell just short of the Sultans by a score of 1-0.
Mission Hills' loss dropped their record down to 14-11-2. As for Helix, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-17.
Mission Hills couldn't quite finish off Helix in their previous meeting back in March and fell 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Helix's Katelyn Woodland, who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). Now that Mission Hills knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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