The Huntington Beach Oilers will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Los Alamitos Griffins at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Saturday, everything went Huntington Beach's way against Mater Dei as Huntington Beach made off with a 7-1 win. That's two games straight that Huntington Beach has won by exactly six runs.
Georgia Gruber looked comfortable as she pitched two innings while giving up no earned run or hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Cali Bennett was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-3. Liah Lummus was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Los Alamitos had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Vikings a 9-0 shutout.
Huntington Beach is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Los Alamitos, their victory was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-5.
Huntington Beach came up short against Los Alamitos in their previous meeting back in March, falling 5-2. Will Huntington Beach have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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