Baseball Preview: South East Jaguars vs. Banning Pilots
The South East Jaguars will head out on the road to take on the Banning Pilots at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. South East is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
South East is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They walked away with a 6-3 win over Marshall. Six seems to be a good number for South East as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
David Valenzuela tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over 6.2 innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Christian Sanchez, who went 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and a double. Another player making a difference was Alejendro Pena, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Banning had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They came out on top against the Dons by a score of 4-1.
South East has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-17 record this season. As for Banning, their win bumped their record up to 17-13.
South East came out on top in a nail-biter against Banning when the teams last played back in May of 2022, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for South East 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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