The Northview Vikings are taking a road trip to challenge the Charter Oak Chargers at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Northview's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Charter Oak's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Northview's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Covina. That's two games straight that the Vikings have won by exactly three runs.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Charter Oak). Everything went their way against Wilson on Thursday as they made off with a 13-2 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Chargers, who have now won five games in a row.
Charter Oak got a great performance from Christian Lopez as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. The Chargers are 2-1 when Lopez allows one or fewer earned runs, but 6-8 otherwise.
At the plate, Martin Luna was incredible, getting on base in all five of his plate appearances with three runs and one double. He is becoming a predictor of Charter Oak's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 6-8 when he doesn't). Diego Ramirez was another key player, going 2-for-5 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
Charter Oak kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5.6 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 9.2.
The win made it two in a row for Northview and bumps their season record up to 10-9-1. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 3 runs in those games. As for Charter Oak, their record now sits at 8-9.
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