Baseball Recap: Horizon Honors Eagles vs. Santa Cruz Valley Dust Devils
In what's become a running theme this season, Horizon Honors gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. They blew past the Santa Cruz Valley Dust Devils 10-4. Winning may never get old, but Horizon Honors sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Aidan Andrews made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over 4.1 innings pitched. Andrews was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Austin Ragsdale was excellent, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Diego Torres was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
On Santa Cruz Valley's side, they got a good showing from Emilio Mendoza, who tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Santa Cruz Valley saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Ruiz, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Horizon Honors pushed their record up to 14-4 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.6 runs per game. As for Santa Cruz Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 7-9.
Horizon Honors will be playing in front of their home fans against Sequoia Pathway Academy at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Horizon Honors is facing Sequoia Pathway Academy at the right time seeing as Sequoia Pathway Academy is stuck on a ten-game losing streak. As for Santa Cruz Valley, they will head out on the road to square off against Round Valley at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Round Valley will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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