The San Juan Hills Stallions will challenge the Costa Mesa Mustangs at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
San Juan Hills is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over El Toro. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Stallions have posted against the Chargers since March 22, 2024.
Meanwhile, Costa Mesa waltzed into their game on Thursday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Cats 5-3. Five seems to be a good number for the Mustangs as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Costa Mesa's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Will Clark, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI. Another was Aiden Comte, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run.
Costa Mesa always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .516. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Kaiser only posted an OBP of .357.
Costa Mesa pushed their record up to 23-6 with the victory, which was their 13th straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for San Juan Hills, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 15-13 record this season.
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