Baseball Game Recap: Covina Colts vs. Charter Oak Chargers

By Team Reports Apr 20, 2024, 10:11pm

Baseball Recap: Covina Colts vs. Charter Oak Chargers

Covina has not done well against Charter Oak recently (they were 0-8 in their previous eight matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. The Covina Colts walked away with a 6-1 win over the Charter Oak Chargers. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Covina.

Declan Bowers spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in ten consecutive pitching appearances.

On the hitting side, Covina's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Donovan Johnson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Silva, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.

Even though they lost, Charter Oak hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That's the fewest strikeouts they've managed all season.

Covina is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10-1 record this season. As for Charter Oak, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-13-1.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Covina by a score of 8-5.

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