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Playing on the road at Carlsbad and not wanting to lose momentum heading in to CIF Playoffs, the Mavericks came to this game intent on stealing a game from the team in the ugly purple uniforms.
Neither team could score in the first, but LCC jumped on the board in the top of the 2nd when Miller got things rolling with a 2-out single. Potter followed with a line drive triple down the 1st base line that scored Miller. Schenk then followed with an RBI-single to make the score 2-0. Carlsbad managed to score a run in the 3rd and then they added 2 more in the 4th to take the lead.
La Costa added a run in the 6th when Balderas jacked a BOMB over the left field fence to tie the game. The game got serious at this point as both teams increased their chanting and the crowd in the stands barked at each other. Potter got on first to leadoff the 7th inning. Schenk followed with a perfect sacrifice bunt and Moniak hit him in with a line drive single to the outfield to put the Mav's up by one run.
Entering the bottom of the 7th, Coach Machado brought in closer Balderas for the save opportunity. The first Carlsbad hitter doubled and the 2nd batter singled to put runners at 2nd and 3rd with no one out. The pressure was on, but Balderas was up to the task striking out the next hitter, getting a flyball (no one knows why the runner at 3rd didn't tag up??), and last but not least one final strikeout to win the game. Final score LCC 4, Carlsbad 3.
Kyle Sachrison started for the Mavericks and pitched 6 complete innings giving up just 1 earned run, and striking out 6. Balderas closed the game and got the save.
Next up is the last and final league game of the season against Vista on Wednesday.
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