The Westlake Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Newbury Park Panthers at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Westlake has five straight wins, Newbury Park has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Tuesday, Westlake beat Newbury Park 5-2.
Andrew Habermann tossed a big game, tossing six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Will Kaczynski and Kaden Youmans did most of the damage at the plate: Kaczynski went 2-for-4 with four RBI, while Youmans scored three runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Nolan Johnson, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Westlake's victory was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-3. As for Newbury Park, their loss dropped their record down to 12-8.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Westlake has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Newbury Park struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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