Maranatha is a perfect 10-0 against Heritage Christian since March of 2022 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Minutemen will welcome the Warriors at 4:00 p.m. Maranatha will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Maranatha's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Rancho Cucamonga.
Maranatha got a great performance from Dylan Hoang as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Hoang also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because the Minutemen are 2-1 when he allows at most three earned runs, but 4-5-1 otherwise.
Lukus Perez
| 04/02/25 vs Rancho Cucamonga | 2 |
| 03/26/25 vs Cathedral Catholic | 1 |
| 03/25/25 vs Vista Murrieta | 1 |
| 03/20/25 @ Brea Olinda | 1 |
| 02/25/25 @ Etiwanda | 1 |
On the hitting side, Lukus Perez was excellent, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two doubles and one RBI. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high. Will Suslow was another key player, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Heritage Christian has relied on a stalwart pitchers averaging 3.29 runs allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Tuesday. They lost 11-2 to Maranatha. The Warriors' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
The win got Maranatha back to even at 6-6-1. As for Heritage Christian, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 10-3-1.
Everything went Maranatha's way against Heritage Christian when the teams last played on Tuesday, as Maranatha made off with an 11-2 victory. Will the Minutemen repeat their success, or do the Warriors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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