Moorpark is 10-0 against Oak Park since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Moorpark Musketeers will head out on the road to face off against the Oak Park Eagles at 3:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Moorpark has five straight wins, Oak Park has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Moorpark is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Bishop Diego 15-0. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Danny Lopez looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Moorpark got a massive performance out of Greg Lareva, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Gary Lockwood, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Oak Park fell victim to a tough 14-1 defeat at the hands of Simi Valley on Friday.
Oak Park also got a good showing from William Malinzak, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Oak Park saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Kutsch, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Moorpark is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10-1 record this season. As for Oak Park, their loss dropped their record down to 4-13.
Everything went Moorpark's way against Oak Park in their previous matchup back in March as Moorpark made off with an 11-2 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Moorpark 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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