Baseball Preview: Elsinore Tigers vs. Southeast Career Tech Roadrunners
The Elsinore Tigers will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Southeast Career Tech Roadrunners at 1:00 p.m. Elsinore's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Southeast Career Tech's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
After soaring to ten runs the game before, Elsinore was a bit more limited in their matchup on Tuesday. They fell just short of Bishop's by a score of 2-0. The shutout was out of character for Elsinore seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in February.
Elsinore saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dillon Slayton, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, Southeast Career Tech entered their tilt with Olympian with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They walked away with a 5-1 win over the Eagles on Tuesday.
Asa Briggs was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (he also only allowed one walk). Briggs has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Briggs was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Tiernon Wolf was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Brock Barlow, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Elsinore now has a losing record at 6-7-1. As for Southeast Career Tech, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-3.
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