The Orange Vista Coyotes will challenge the Hemet Bulldogs at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Orange Vista 3.4, Hemet 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Orange Vista will face Hemet after dropping another heartbreaker against Moreno Valley on Tuesday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 of beating them. The Coyotes lost 8-1 to the Vikings. The Coyotes have struggled against the Vikings recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost meeting.
Meanwhile, Hemet didn't have quite enough to beat Heritage on Tuesday and fell 5-3.
Marcos Mendivil was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has become a key player for Hemet: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most one hit, but 7-13 otherwise. Mendivil was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.
Mendivil wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jack Mapstead, who went 1-for-3 with one triple.
Hemet's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 9-14. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 1.67 runs. As for Orange Vista, they now have a losing record of 11-12.
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