After flying high against Hilltop last Monday, Mission Hills came back down to earth. The Mission Hills Grizzlies fell just short of the Rancho Bernardo Broncos by a score of 8-6 on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for Mission Hills in their matchups with Rancho Bernardo: they've now lost four in a row.
Oloa Motas put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits. Motas has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Motas was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Motas wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Abby Huhn, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Huhn has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Another player making a difference was Emma Umemura, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On Rancho Bernardo's side, Abigail Tripp was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ellery Housand, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
Mission Hills' loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-8-2. As for Rancho Bernardo, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6-1 record this season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Mission Hills will square off against Del Norte at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Del Norte: 1.8, Mission Hills: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Rancho Bernardo, they will head out on the road to challenge San Marcos at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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