For the second straight game, Rio Hondo Prep will face off against Polytechnic. The Kares will host the Panthers at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rio Hondo Prep has 11 straight victories, Polytechnic has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Rio Hondo Prep took a 16-run loss the last time they faced off against Polytechnic, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Kares came out on top in a nail-biter against the Panthers on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2. Three seems to be a good number for the Kares as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
For Polytechnic's part, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caiden Kennedy, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Another was Joe Benitez, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Rio Hondo Prep's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-2. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Polytechnic, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-10.
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