Baseball Recap: East Bakersfield Blades vs. West Vikings
East Bakersfield put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Monday. They blew past the West Vikings 16-1. The victory was nothing new for East Bakersfield as they're now sitting on five straight.
Tito Santiago and Andrew Gonzalez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Santiago tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Gonzalez pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. At the plate, Santiago scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4, while Gonzalez scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Gonzalez has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brennan Holland, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Esiah Santiago, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
East Bakersfield pushed their record up to 14-13 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for West, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost 14 of their last 18 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-19 record this season.
East Bakersfield will have a chance to go back-to-back against West: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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