The Palos Verdes Sea Kings will take on the Peninsula Panthers at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
The home team had won the previous two meetings between Palos Verdes and Torrance, and Torrance kept the tradition alive. The Sea Kings fell just short of the Tartars by a score of 2-1 last Friday.
Palos Verdes saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Bandy, who went 1-for-2 with one run.
Meanwhile, Peninsula suffered their biggest loss since March 10th on Friday. They lost 7-1 to El Segundo.
Palos Verdes has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 10-16 record this season. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only 1.67 runs. As for Peninsula, they dropped their record down to 11-16 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Palos Verdes took their win against Peninsula in their previous matchup back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 7-0 score. Will the Sea Kings repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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