With a playoff win on the line, Santa Monica rose to the challenge on Thursday. They had just enough and edged out the Hillcrest Trojans 6-5.
Santa Monica has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Hillcrest, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-13.
Coming up, Santa Monica will face off against Duarte at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday. The Vikings' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Falcons have averaged an impressive 11 runs per game this season. Hillcrest does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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