The Sunny Hills Lancers will head out on the road to take on the La Habra Highlanders at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Sunny Hills came into their game on Tuesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 9-1 to El Dorado.
Sunny Hills saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Samaya Holguin, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Jackie Kim also deserves some recognition as she snagged her first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but La Habra ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over El Dorado. The victory continues a trend for the Highlanders in their matchups with the Golden Hawks: they've now won five in a row.
Maddison Payne spent all nine innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on five hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
La Habra pushed their record up to 15-6 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Sunny Hills, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 9-8 record this season.
Sunny Hills suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to La Habra in their previous meeting back in March. Can the Lancers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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