La Costa Canyon and San Marcos are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The La Costa Canyon Mavericks will head out on the road to challenge the San Marcos Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. La Costa Canyon's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so San Marcos' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
If La Costa Canyon beats San Marcos with seven runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. La Costa Canyon came out on top against Del Norte by a score of 7-3 on Saturday. That's two games straight that La Costa Canyon has won by exactly four runs.
Meanwhile, San Marcos fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Carlsbad on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Lancers by a score of 2-1.
Carter Tsai was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
At the plate, San Marcos saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Martinez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
The win (which was La Costa Canyon's third in a row) raised their record to 11-12-1. As for San Marcos, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-11 record this season.
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