The Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Benicia Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Tamalpais: 3.9, Benicia: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Tamalpais waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Bulls by a score of 7-2.
The team relied heavily on Tito Fierstein, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Will Gensler, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 13 runs the game before, Benicia were a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They fell just short of Miramonte by a score of 4-2. Benicia's defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Cormac O?Connell was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits.
At the plate, Benicia saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Peyton Rowles, who went 1-for-1 with a triple and a run.
Tamalpais' victory bumped their record up to 7-5. As for Benicia, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.
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