The Beckman Patriots will square off against the La Habra Highlanders at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Beckman is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Temescal Canyon a 1-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Beckman.
Meanwhile, La Habra had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They skirted past the Wildcats 2-1.
La Habra got a great performance from Jared Day as he struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Day has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Spencer Carty was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Andrew Gandara was another key contributor, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with an RBI.
Beckman is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-6-1 record this season. As for La Habra, they pushed their record up to 21-8 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home.
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