The La Costa Canyon Mavericks will challenge the Carlsbad Lancers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. La Costa Canyon's pitching crew has only allowed 1.9 runs per game this season, so Carlsbad's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
La Costa Canyon is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Rancho Buena Vista just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Longhorns by a score of 2-1.
Malia Whitehouse made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with two doubles and one run.
San Marcos hit Carlsbad with a four-run third inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Lancers fell just short of the Knights by a score of 5-3. That's two games in a row now that the Lancers have lost by exactly two runs.
Stella Roller was cooking despite her team's loss, going 3-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI. That RBI marked the first that she has brought in this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Carlsbad and nudges their season record down to 2-10. Even worse, they were so close both times: the losses came by an average of only two runs. As for La Costa Canyon, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-6-1.
Carlsbad's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Tuesday. La Costa Canyon has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.6 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Carlsbad, though, as they've been averaging only 1.9 strikeouts. Will La Costa Canyon keep running through batters, or will the Lancers buck the trend?
La Costa Canyon came out on top in a nail-biter against Carlsbad when the teams last played back in May of 2024, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Mavericks repeat their success, or do the Lancers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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