On Saturday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but the Sunny Hills Lancers had to settle for a 5-4 loss against the Aliso Niguel Wolverines. Sunny Hills has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Peter Mellana was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Mellana was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.
In other batting news, Lex Hou made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On Aliso Niguel's side, Jake Erenyi looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only a hit over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Jonathan Nadolski was a standout: he scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Sunny Hills' defeat dropped their record down to 6-5-1. As for Aliso Niguel, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-4.
Sunny Hills will square off against Los Osos at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Aliso Niguel, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Key West at 3:00 p.m.
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