Yorba Linda extended their losing streak to four on Wednesday, dropping their season record down to 7-17 in the process. They fell 5-0 to the La Habra Highlanders. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Highlanders this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 11-1 on Tuesday.
As for La Habra, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.1 runs on average over those games.
For La Habra's part, not much got past Isaac Aguirre, who gave up just four hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Yorba Linda off the board. Those eight strikeouts set a new season-high mark for Aguirre.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Bobby Brooks, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Andrew Gandara, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one RBI.
While Yorba Linda had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:15 p.m. on Friday.
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