Chino Hills is on a seven-game streak of home wins, while University City is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Chino Hills Huskies will take on the University City Centurions at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Chino Hills is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against North Hollywood as Chino Hills made off with an 11-1 win. Chino Hills' victory was all the more impressive since North Hollywood was averaging only 3.55 runs allowed on the season.
Frankie Brazil and Jackson Gray did most of the damage at the plate: Brazil scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Gray scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Cannon Billingsley, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, University City stacked an 18th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 8-2 margin over Colony.
Garret Gillum was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits. Gillum has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances. Gillum was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
In other pitching news, Thiago Quillin looked comfortable as he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Back at the plate, Jack Clark was incredible, scoring three runs while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Josh Kaplan, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.
Chino Hills is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8-2 record this season. As for University City, their win bumped their record up to 28-5.
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