Eastlake is 8-2 against Montgomery since April of 2022 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. The Titans will head out on the road to challenge the Aztecs at 3:30 p.m. Eastlake will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Eastlake barely beat San Ysidro the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Titans put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 10-0 victory on Monday. The Titans not only won on Monday, but they posted their biggest win since March 8th (when they won 13-1).
Nick Romero
| 05/12/25 vs San Ysidro | 9 |
| 05/07/25 @ Bonita Vista | 11 |
| 04/30/25 vs Montgomery | 12 |
| 04/23/25 @ San Ysidro | 9 |
| 04/14/25 vs Helix | 10 |
Eastlake got a great performance from Nick Romero as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out nine over 4.1 innings pitched. Romero has been consistent: he hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts in five consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Eastlake let Hamza Hatahet and Luca Penteraini run wild. Hatahet got on base in all three of his plate appearances with three runs, one double, and one RBI, while Penteraini went 2-for-3 with two runs, two doubles, and two RBI. Those two runs gave Penteraini a new career-high. Azyel Castro also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Eastlake was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Montgomery couldn't beat Bonita Vista on Monday even though they stacked four runs on them in the fourth inning. The Aztecs fell just short of the Barons by a score of 5-4. The Aztecs have struggled against the Barons recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost meeting.
Juan I?iguez was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
At the plate, Xavier Beltran and Danny Nu?ez did some serious damage despite the final result: Beltran went 2-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI, while Nu?ez got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one double. AJ Ruvalcaba was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Eastlake is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-8-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Montgomery, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-15.
