Julian Valencia turned in nothing short of a gem on Wednesday: he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his third in a row with less than two walks allowed. On the year, Valencia has an ERA of 3.35 over 37.7 innings pitched.
Valencia's strong effort led Mira Mesa over Coronado and he'll get a chance to do so again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Mira Mesa will be headed into this one with a pretty big disadvantage in the rankings (they're ranked 211 places lower in California), but they're not letting that get them down. Will they be able to pull off an upset behind Valencia? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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