Torrey Pines waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They never let the El Camino Wildcats onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory. Six seems to be a good number for Torrey Pines as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
KATHRYN McGINTY tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over six innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on KELLY WHELIHAN, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was MINA CROUCH, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
On El Camino's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kailey Dain, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Torrey Pines pushed their record up to 20-4-2 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home. As for El Camino, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last ten contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-17 record this season.
Torrey Pines will be playing in front of their home fans against La Costa Canyon at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Torrey Pines: 1.7, La Costa Canyon: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for El Camino, they will head out on the road to challenge Carlsbad at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Carlsbad's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so El Camino's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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