Hillcrest's tournament run continued when they took on San Juan Hills on Friday. Hillcrest had just enough and edged out San Juan Hills 4-3.
Nayomi Pryor was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Melody Acevedo, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Hillcrest hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. They are 7-1 when they post two or more strikeouts.
Hillcrest is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.9 runs on average over those games. San Juan Hills now has a losing record of 3-4.
Hillcrest has already played their next match, a 7-4 defeat against Schurr on the 21st. As for San Juan Hills, they will take on Mater Dei at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (San Juan Hills 3.3, Mater Dei 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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