The Huntington Beach Oilers will square off against the Santa Margarita Eagles at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. Huntington Beach is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Huntington Beach is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They skirted past Villa Park 5-3.
Tanner Brown looked comfortable as he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Matt Hansen was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Tanner Edson, who went 1-for-1 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Santa Margarita beat Gahr 6-3 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Santa Margarita.
Huntington Beach is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. As for Santa Margarita, their victory bumped their record up to 21-8-1.
Huntington Beach came out on top in a nail-biter against Santa Margarita when the teams last played back in June of 2021, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Huntington Beach since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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