The Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits will head out to square off against the Downey Vikings at 3:14 p.m. on Friday. Long Beach Poly's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Downey's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Long Beach Poly is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Millikan just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell 6-3 to the Rams.
Long Beach Poly saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Izaiyah Gutierrez, who went 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI.
Meanwhile, while Downey put up plenty of runs on Wednesday, the same can't be said for El Rancho. The Vikings blew past the Dons 13-0. That 13 run margin sets a new team best for the Vikings this season.
The team relied heavily on Samuel Mojica, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with five RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Sebastian Cortez, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and two RBI.
Downey was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .389. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive games.
Long Beach Poly's loss dropped their record down to 11-11. As for Downey, with the victory, they broke their six-game losing streak and moved their record to 13-10.
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