Eastlake is 9-0 against Hilltop since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Eastlake Titans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Hilltop Lancers at 4:00 p.m. Eastlake will be strutting in after a win while Hilltop will be coming in after a defeat.
Eastlake's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Saturday, when they got past Mater Dei Catholic's usually-dominant pitching crew. Everything went Eastlake's way against Mater Dei Catholic as Eastlake made off with a 10-1 victory. The win was nothing new for Eastlake as they're now sitting on three straight.
Eastlake got a great performance from Addison Suriano as she tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. Suriano has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kaili Balajadia, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Mia Vasquez, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Hilltop's offense. Their rough 9-0 loss to Clairemont on Friday might stick with them for a while. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, Hilltop's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Hilltop saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Amy Saul, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Eastlake has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for Hilltop, they have been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 12 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-14 record this season.
Eastlake was able to grind out a solid victory over Hilltop in their previous meeting back in April of 2022, winning 7-2. Does Eastlake have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hilltop turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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