The Villa Park Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Foothill Knights at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Friday, Villa Park got themselves on the board against El Modena, but El Modena never followed suit. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Vanguards and snuck past 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Villa Park.
Justin Tims was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Adian Young, who got on base in all two of his plate appearances with two stolen bases.
Meanwhile, Foothill had just enough and edged Tustin out 2-0 on Friday.
Foothill also got a great performance from Andrew Phillips as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched. Phillips has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Gavin Kelley, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-2.
Villa Park's victory bumped their record up to 14-9. As for Foothill, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season.
Villa Park skirted past Foothill 3-1 in their previous meeting back in March. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Foothill's Adam Ujiie, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Villa Park still be able to contain Ujiie? There's only one way to find out.
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