Baseball Preview: El Camino Wildcats vs. Valley Center Jaguars
The El Camino Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Valley Center Jaguars at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, El Camino was able to grind out a solid win over Mission Vista, taking the game 5-1. That's two games straight that El Camino has won by exactly four runs.
Ethan Stelzer was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Stelzer was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, El Camino got a massive performance out of Dominic Bonacci, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Charlie Orman was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Valley Center has not done well against Ramona recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Valley Center walked away with a 4-1 victory over Ramona.
Eli Gardner looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also only allowed one walk).
At the plate, Valley Center saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Janata, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
The win made it two in a row for El Camino and bumps their season record up to 12-7. As for Valley Center, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-6 record this season.
Everything went El Camino's way against Valley Center when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as El Camino made off with a 9-2 victory. Will El Camino repeat their success, or does Valley Center have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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