Baseball Recap: San Tan Charter Roadrunners vs. Round Valley Elks
San Tan Charter had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Round Valley Elks and snuck past 7-5.
San Tan Charter's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jonathan Markland, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Preston Cox was another key contributor, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI.
San Tan Charter pushed their record up to 18-3 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Round Valley, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-8.
San Tan Charter will head out on the road to square off against Phoenix Christian at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (San Tan Charter: 3.8, Phoenix Christian: 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned. Round Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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