Baseball Recap: Peru picks up third straight win at home

By Team Reports May 13, 2024, 8:00am

Baseball Recap: Peru Tigers vs. North Miami Warriors

Peru waltzed into their match on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with an 11-7 victory over the North Miami Warriors. That's more bragging rights for Peru, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Gavin Eldridge was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Jackson Rogers was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.

On North Miami's side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lake Musall, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Peru pushed their record up to 16-3 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for North Miami, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-13.

Peru has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Maconaquah at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Maconaquah has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.78 runs per game on average), something Peru will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for North Miami, they will head out on the road to challenge Oak Hill at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. North Miami has given up an average of 7.6 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.

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