Murrieta Mesa is a perfect 4-0 against Heritage since April of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Murrieta Mesa Rams will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Heritage Patriots at 3:15 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Murrieta Mesa 2, Heritage 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Murrieta Mesa is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Temescal Canyon just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They lost 7-1 to the Titans. The game marked the Rams' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Murrieta Mesa got a good showing from Carson Kephart, who tossed 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Kephart has been consistent : he hasn't given up a single earned run any time he's pitched this season.
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At the plate, Elijah Resendiz was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with one stolen base and one double. Resendiz is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's snagged at least one every time he's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Goettman, who scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Heritage had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-2 win over the Coyotes. While the Patriots didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-13-2), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Brenton Jackson and Zach Cedillo did most of the damage at the plate: Jackson scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Cedillo went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double. Another player making a difference was Lukas Tello, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Heritage pushed their record up to 11-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.8 runs over those games. As for Murrieta Mesa, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.
Murrieta Mesa came out on top in a nail-biter against Heritage when the teams last played back in February of 2020, sneaking past 3-2. Will Murrieta Mesa repeat their success, or does Heritage have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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