There's no place like home for California, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They never let the La Serna Lancers get on the board and left with a 2-0 win on Friday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

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Not much got past Adam Vitela, who gave up just six hits and racked up seven Ks to keep La Serna off the board. Vitela has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, California saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ricky Gonzales, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
California has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for La Serna, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 13-10 record.
California and La Serna should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. The Condors (ranked 229th) will meet Whittier (ranked 832nd) at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, La Serna will face off against Santa Ana at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday with a big rank advantage (278 vs. 761).
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