This week I am picking the Top 5 Series of the Week. Here is one of them:

No. 7 Tesoro (15-5, 6-3) vs. No. 6 Capistrano Valley (16-5, 7-2)

When: Wednesday at Capistrano Valley; Friday at Tesoro

Outlook: Welcome to this week’s must-see South Coast League series of the week. This week, we have first-place Capistrano Valley taking on second place Tesoro.

The Cougars swept Dana Hills last week thanks to the pitching of Tyler Matzek and Kevin Chambers. Matzek tossed a complete game, two-hit shutout in a 1-0 victory over Dana Hills.

Chambers followed that up with a complete game of his own, allowing two runs in a 5-2 victory.

Matzek enters the week at 6-1 with a 1.41 ERA and Chambers is 5-3 with a 2.60 ERA.

Steve McMichael leads Capistrano Valley with a .474 batting average.

Tesoro enters the week after splitting a two-game series with San Clemente.

Anthony Hutting  (.471), Ryan Olive (.492), Austin O’Neal (.420), Conner Spencer (.456) are hitting over .400. Kris Paulino is at .500.

Will the Cougars be able to slow down this offense?

If you remember, Tesoro beat Chambers, 8-1, earlier this season.

(All games at 3:15 p.m., unless noted)

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