The Orange Lutheran Lancers will head out on the road to face off against the Gahr Gladiators at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Orange Lutheran 2.1, Gahr 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Orange Lutheran is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest defeat since April 4th on Friday. They fell just short of Mater Dei by a score of 6-4. The Lancers' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Brady Murrietta was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run. Another player making a difference was Josiah Hartshorn, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Gahr had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.4 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They beat the Eagles by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 4-2.
Gahr pushed their record up to 17-10 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Orange Lutheran, their defeat dropped their record down to 21-6.
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