Huntington Beach had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They never let the Los Alamitos Griffins onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for Huntington Beach, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Tyler Bellerose tossed a big game, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over 6.1 innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Huntington Beach saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tony Martinez, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Huntington Beach has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Los Alamitos, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-5.
Huntington Beach will take on Ganesha at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday. As for Los Alamitos, they are on the road again on Saturday to play Camarillo at 2:15 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Camarillo: 2.7, Los Alamitos: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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