For the second straight game, Calabasas will face off against Thousand Oaks. The Coyotes will square off against the Lancers at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Calabasas is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
On Tuesday, it was close, but Calabasas sidestepped Thousand Oaks for a 9-8 win. That's two games straight that the Coyotes have won by just one run.
For Thousand Oaks' part, James Luderer made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-4 with three runs, one stolen base, and one double. Luderer is becoming a predictor of the Lancers' success: when he posts at least three hits the team is 2-1 (and 10-11 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Sax, who went 1-for-3 with one home run.
Thousand Oaks' loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 12-12. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only 2.2 runs. As for Calabasas, their victory bumped their record up to 16-9.
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