The San Marcos Knights will be playing at home against the Mission Hills Grizzlies at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (San Marcos has six straight victories, Mission Hills has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
San Marcos is returning to their home field after beating Del Norte on theirs, despite the fact Del Norte has dominated at home this season. San Marcos walked away with a 7-3 win over Del Norte on Tuesday.
Emily Lew and Caylene Nguyen did most of the damage at the plate: Lew scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Nguyen scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Nguyen is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played. Addison Taufa was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Mission Hills came up short against Poway on Tuesday and fell 5-2.
Mission Hills saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Abby Huhn, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
San Marcos has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-12 record this season. As for Mission Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-10-2.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. San Marcos hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Mission Hills struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.8. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
San Marcos came up short against Mission Hills in their previous matchup back in April, falling 5-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Huhn, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Now that San Marcos knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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