The Canyon Comanches will face off against the Torrance Tartars at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Torrance will be up against a hot Canyon team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Canyon came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 3-2 W against Pacifica.
Gilbert Vargas
Canyon got a great performance from Gilbert Vargas as he struck out seven batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Vargas is becoming a predictor of Canyon's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't).
Meanwhile, Torrance had just enough and edged out Redondo Union 3-2 on Friday.
Torrance's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Noriyoshi Mori, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. That's the most hits Mori has posted since back in April of 2024.
Canyon pushed their record up to 4-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing nine hits in those games compared to only five in the others. As for Torrance, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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