The Estancia Eagles will square off against the Rancho Mirage Rattlers at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Estancia sitting on five straight wins and Rancho Mirage on three.
Estancia is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Pacifica Christian 4-3.
Meanwhile, Rancho Mirage never let their opponents score on Friday. Everything went their way against St. Monica as they made off with a 6-0 win. That's two games straight that the Rattlers have won by exactly six runs.
Not much got past Zachary Berntsen, who gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks to keep St. Monica off the board. Berntsen has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Kobee Finnikin was excellent, going 2-for-4 with three stolen bases, one run, and one double. Another player making a difference was Marcos Ceja Jr., who went 1-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Rancho Mirage pushed their record up to 18-12 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Estancia, their victory bumped their record up to 18-13.
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