The Pacifica Mariners will take on the Irvine Vaqueros at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Pacifica's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Irvine's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Pacifica is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Salem Hills 8-6. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Mariners have posted since February 21st.
Meanwhile, Irvine didn't have quite enough to beat La Serna on Saturday and fell 4-3. That's two games in a row now that the Vaqueros have lost by just one run.
Irvine saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Smith Spivey, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Spivey also put up a double, which was his first of the season.
This is the second loss in a row for Irvine and nudges their season record down to 7-9. That patch can't be blamed on the team's pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 7 runs in those games. As for Pacifica, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-11.
Pacifica beat Irvine 4-0 when the teams last played back in April of 2018. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pacifica since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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