Baseball Game Preview: El Toro Chargers vs. Capistrano Valley Cougars

For the second straight game, El Toro will face off against Capistrano Valley. The Chargers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cougars at 3:45 p.m. on Friday.

El Toro is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Capistrano Valley just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cougars.

For Capistrano Valley's part, Charlie Fuller tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave Fuller a new career-high.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jackson Kosewick, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. Landon Stewart was another key player, going 1-for-2 with one run and one RBI.

Capistrano Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as El Toro only posted a batting average of .192.

With the victory, Capistrano Valley broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 10-12-1. As for El Toro, their loss dropped their record down to 14-10.