The Poway Titans will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Aliso Niguel Wolverines at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Poway's pitching crew has only allowed 1.8 runs per game this season, so Aliso Niguel's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Poway is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Mission Hills just ended the team's three-game winning streak last Saturday. They fell just short of the Grizzlies by a score of 5-4. The loss was the Titans' first of the season.
Meanwhile, Aliso Niguel had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They walked away with a 6-2 victory over the Aztecs.
Charlotte Giler looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. She has been consistent : she hasn't given up more than one walk any time she's pitched this season.
At the plate, Lindsey Hubbard and Rylie Long did most of the damage at the plate: Hubbard went 1-for-2 with one home run and two stolen bases, while Long went 2-for-3 with one home run. Those two stolen bases gave Hubbard a new career-high. Isabella Phelps was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.
Aliso Niguel lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Aliso Niguel pushed their record up to 8-4-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Poway, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
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