The La Jolla Vikings will take on the Clairemont Chieftains at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
La Jolla is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Westview a 2-0 shutout. The win continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Wolverines: they've now won four in a row.
La Jolla saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Strauss, who went 1-for-2 with one run.
Meanwhile, Clairemont had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.6 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 1-0 W against the Cavers. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Chieftains have posted against the Cavers since April 25, 2018.
Clairemont pushed their record up to 21-6 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for La Jolla, their win bumped their record up to 17-12.
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