The San Juan Hills Stallions will face off against the Trabuco Hills Mustangs at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. San Juan Hills will aim to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
San Juan Hills' hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Wednesday, when they got past Lakewood's usually-dominant pitching crew. The Stallions were the clear victors by an 11-1 margin over the Lancers.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last contest, Trabuco Hills made sure to put some runs up on the board against Mission Viejo on Tuesday. The Mustangs were the clear victors by a 10-1 margin over the Diablos. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by six runs or more this season.
Evan Hall was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in doubles (two). Another player making a difference was Ryan Luce, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Trabuco Hills was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in four consecutive matchups.
Trabuco Hills is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-5-1 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for San Juan Hills, their win bumped their record up to 11-8.
San Juan Hills couldn't quite finish off Trabuco Hills in their previous meeting back in April of 2022 and fell 3-1. Can the Stallions avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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