For the second straight game, Newport Harbor will face off against Marina. The Sailors are taking a road trip to take on the Vikings at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Newport Harbor has three straight wins, Marina has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Tuesday, Newport Harbor needed a bit of extra time to put away Marina. They had just enough and edged out the Vikings 5-4. The game snapped a strange streak: the last five times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Newport Harbor's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Wyatt Gahm, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run.
Newport Harbor's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-6. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Marina, their loss dropped their record down to 9-17.
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