Baseball Recap: Oak Ridge Trojans vs. Del Oro Golden Eagles
Oak Ridge won the last time they faced Del Oro, and things went their way on Friday too. The Oak Ridge Trojans narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Del Oro Golden Eagles 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Oak Ridge.
Bryson Elliott tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over 5.2 innings pitched.
At the plate, Oak Ridge's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Patrick Webb, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
On Del Oro's side, they got a good showing from Broc McReynolds, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Even though they lost, Del Oro didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Oak Ridge only tossed six.
The win got Oak Ridge back to even at 12-12. As for Del Oro, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-14.
Oak Ridge will head out on the road to challenge Jesuit at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Jesuit is coming into the contest with five straight victories at home, so Oak Ridge will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Del Oro, they will head out on the road to face off against Whitney at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Del Oro: 3.3, Whitney: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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