Baseball Recap: Monte Vista Monarchs vs. El Cajon Valley Braves
In what's become a running theme this season, Monte Vista gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the El Cajon Valley Braves a 9-0 shutout. The victory was familiar territory for Monte Vista who now have three in a row.
David Rodriguez tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over six innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Monte Vista got a massive performance out of David Aceron, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Damian Ordaz, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
On El Cajon Valley's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Christopher Cosio, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Monte Vista has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6-1 record this season. As for El Cajon Valley, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-10.
Monte Vista will have a chance to go back-to-back against El Cajon Valley: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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