Kearny is 0-4 against Mission Bay since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Kearny Komets will head out on the road to challenge the Mission Bay Buccaneers at 4:00 p.m. Kearny is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
Kearny owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. They skirted past High Tech SD 2-0.
Not much got past Nicolas Hembera, who gave up just three hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep High Tech SD off the board.
On the hitting side, Kearny saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elijah Duffy, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Mission Bay was able to grind out a solid victory over Olympian on Wednesday, taking the game 7-2.
Kane Murray spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned (and two unearned) runs on one hit. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
At the plate, Robbie Page and Henry Hampton did most of the damage at the plate: Page scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-4, while Hampton scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Emery Semmens was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Kearny now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Mission Bay, their record now sits at 9-4.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. Kearny has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.4 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Mission Bay struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.7 per game. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Kearny might still be hurting after the 9-2 defeat they got from Mission Bay in their previous meeting back in March of 2019. Thankfully for Kearny, Kai Taniguchi (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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