The Otay Ranch Mustangs will face off against the Hilltop Lancers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Otay Ranch 3.9, Hilltop 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Otay Ranch's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Lincoln as they made off with a 6-0 win. The Mustangs not only won on Saturday, but they posted their biggest win since April 14th (when they won 9-0).
Meanwhile, Hilltop had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 7-6 W against the Hornets.
Jake Yaptangco looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
Hilltop's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-17. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for Otay Ranch, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 20-11.
Otay Ranch came up short against Hilltop when the teams last played last Wednesday, falling 6-1. Can the Mustangs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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