The Chino Hills Huskies and the Ayala Bulldogs will meet in a dog eat dog contest at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Chino Hills 2, Ayala 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Chino Hills barely beat Roosevelt the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Chino Hills' pitchers stepped up to hand Roosevelt a 6-0 shutout on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Huskies.
Chino Hills got a great performance from Michael Chiotti as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Chiotti has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single earned run any time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Jacob Jimenez was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2. Matt McCliman also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Ayala and South Hills meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Monday. Ayala fell just short of South Hills by a score of 5-4. One positive for the Bulldogs, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Ayala now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Chino Hills, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
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