For the second straight game, San Pasqual will face off against Mission Hills. The Golden Eagles will welcome the Grizzlies at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. San Pasqual's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Mission Hills' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
San Pasqual is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Mission Hills just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took an 8-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Grizzlies.
For Mission Hills' part, Jaxson Jenkins made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Mission Hills is 3-1 when Jenkins allows one or fewer earned runs, but 3-6 otherwise. Jenkins was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Preston Waller was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three). Cayden Smith was another key player, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
Mission Hills is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 6-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for San Pasqual, their loss dropped their record down to 9-3.
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