The Otay Ranch Mustangs have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Mission Hills Grizzlies at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Otay Ranch is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-4 victory over Patrick Henry.
Kaylin Phillips made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over 4.1 innings pitched. Phillips has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive pitching appearances. Phillips was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Nataly Lozano, who went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI. Melania Contreras was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Mission Hills has not done well against Patrick Henry recently (they were 0-6 in their previous six matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Mission Hills never let Patrick Henry onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. That's two games straight that Mission Hills has won by exactly three runs.
Not much got past Abby Huhn, who gave up just one hit and racked up 11 Ks to keep Patrick Henry off the board.
On the hitting side, Mission Hills' victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Emma Umemura, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with a double and an RBI.
Otay Ranch's win bumped their record up to 15-12. As for Mission Hills, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-12-2 record this season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Otay Ranch hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Mission Hills struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.9. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Otay Ranch was able to grind out a solid victory over Mission Hills when the teams last played on Wednesday, winning 9-5. Does Otay Ranch have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mission Hills turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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