The Mission Bay Buccaneers will head out on the road to take on the Clairemont Chieftains at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mission Bay has three straight victories, Clairemont has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mission Bay's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Clairemont out 1-0. That's two games straight that Mission Bay has won by just one run.
The result came thanks to Van Playman's shutout, as he gave up just four hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Mission Bay saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ruben Gallego, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base.
Mission Bay's win bumped their record up to 15-9. As for Clairemont, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-11-1.
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