The South Spartans will take on the El Segundo Eagles at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (South 2.6, El Segundo 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
South and North faced off in a cross-town battle on Friday. South came out on top against North by a score of 4-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Spartans.
Mason Tymick tossed a big game, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, South saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Isaac Orozco, who went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. Dane Rhodes was another, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, El Segundo didn't have quite enough to beat La Habra on Saturday and fell 3-1. That's two games in a row now that the Eagles have lost by exactly two runs.
This is the second loss in a row for El Segundo and nudges their season record down to 9-2-1. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only two runs. As for South, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
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