Baseball Recap: El Camino Wildcats vs. Escondido Cougars
El Camino waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They had just enough and edged the Escondido Cougars out 5-4. That's more bragging rights for El Camino, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Dominic Bonacci was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs. Zane Nordquist was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs.
On Escondido's side, Ryder Taylor put in work no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Taylor was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with a home run.
Taylor wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Makaih Gonzalez, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI. Another player making a difference was Jake ` Fleming, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
El Camino is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. As for Escondido, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-12.
El Camino will have a chance to go back-to-back against Escondido: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
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