The Palos Verdes Sea Kings will challenge the Culver City Centaurs at 3:15 p.m. on Friday.
Palos Verdes might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 7-3 to Torrance, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Sea Kings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Palos Verdes got a good showing from Henry Tunney, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. What's more, Tunney posted two strikeouts, the most he's had since back in February.
At the plate, RJ Paddock was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with one home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Will Zane, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Culver City had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Sentinels a 14-0 shutout. The Centaurs' pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last four contests.
Culver City's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.2 runs over those games. As for Palos Verdes, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.
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