It was close, but on Saturday the Torrance Tartars sidestepped the Great Oak Wolfpack for a 4-2 victory.
Zach Papscoe and Kenichiro Torii dominated on the mound. Papscoe tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit, while Torii tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Torii is becoming a predictor of Torrance's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is undefeated (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
Mateo Rickman
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On the hitting side, Mateo Rickman was excellent, going 3-for-4 with one double and one RBI. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Noriyoshi Mori was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Torrance is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 9.43 hits in those games compared to only 5.2 in the others. Great Oak is on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8.
Coming up, Torrance will take on Mira Costa at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Mira Costa will roll in looking for their 12th straight win, something Torrance surely won't give up without a fight. As for Great Oak, they will take on Bonita in a tournament on Wednesday. Bonita's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Great Oak's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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