The Santa Margarita Eagles will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Orange Lutheran Lancers at 4:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Santa Margarita is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Rancho Bernardo as Santa Margarita made off with a 7-1 victory.
Meanwhile, Orange Lutheran faced Cathedral Catholic in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Orange Lutheran blew past Cathedral Catholic 9-3.
Santa Margarita is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9-1 record this season. As for Orange Lutheran, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-7.
Santa Margarita was able to grind out a solid victory over Orange Lutheran in their previous matchup back in March, winning 6-3. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Orange Lutheran's Alex Chavez, who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Santa Margarita still be able to contain Chavez? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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