San Marcos and La Costa Canyon are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The San Marcos Knights will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the La Costa Canyon Mavericks at 4:00 p.m. The last four games San Marcos has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
San Marcos fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Carlsbad on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Lancers by a score of 2-1.
Carter Tsai was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
At the plate, San Marcos saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Martinez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, La Costa Canyon won against Del Norte on Thursday with seven runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. La Costa Canyon came out on top against Del Norte by a score of 7-3. The win was familiar territory for La Costa Canyon who now have three in a row.
San Marcos dropped their record down to 13-11 with that loss, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for La Costa Canyon, their victory bumped their record up to 11-12-1.
San Marcos skirted past La Costa Canyon 3-2 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was La Costa Canyon's Caden Pearlman, who struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits (and not a single walk). Now that he won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for San Marcos to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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