Baseball Recap: El Camino Eagles vs. Rio Americano Raiders
El Camino lost against Rio Americano back in March of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The El Camino Eagles fell 8-3 to the Rio Americano Raiders. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for El Camino in their matchups with Rio Americano: they've now lost three in a row.
Sebastian Stecca put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Stecca has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances. Stecca was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Stecca wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jackson (JT) Burow, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, El Camino didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
On Rio Americano's side, they got a great performance from Zack Baker as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Mac Hausman was a standout: he scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyler Benton, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a double.
El Camino's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-4. As for Rio Americano, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
While El Camino had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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