Baseball Preview: Eastlake Titans vs. Otay Ranch Mustangs
Eastlake is 9-1 against Otay Ranch since May of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Eastlake Titans will head out on the road to take on the Otay Ranch Mustangs at 3:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastlake has ten straight wins, Otay Ranch has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Eastlake stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Everything went their way against Montgomery as Eastlake made off with an 8-1 victory.
Nolan Nunes spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on three hits. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
At the plate, Noah Betanco was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with five RBI and two doubles. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob May, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Otay Ranch didn't have quite enough to beat Bonita Vista on Thursday and fell 3-2. That's two games in a row now that Otay Ranch has lost by just one run.
Eastlake has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Otay Ranch, their loss dropped their record down to 6-20.
Eastlake was able to grind out a solid win over Otay Ranch in their previous matchup back in April, winning 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eastlake since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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