Baseball Game Preview: Bell Eagles vs. Burroughs Bears

Bell is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Burroughs is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Bell Eagles will take on the Burroughs Bears in a tournament on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Bell 3.2, Burroughs 1.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.

On Thursday, Bell needed a bit of extra time to put away South East. They skirted past the Jaguars 8-7. The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Jaguars recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.

Ian Siordia

Batters Struck Out (Career)

03/20/25 @ South East	6
03/01/25 vs Hamilton	3
04/11/24 @ Huntington Park	3
03/07/25 @ Poly	2
02/24/25 vs Maywood CES	2

Nathen Oropeza and Ian Siordia dominated on the mound. Oropeza struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and not a single walk), while Siordia didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over four innings pitched. The dominant performance gave Siordia a new career-high in strikeouts.

On the hitting side, Rigoberto Baltazar and Jesse Anguiano did most of the damage at the plate: Baltazar went 1-for-3 with three RBI and one double, while Anguiano scored a run while going 2-for-3. Luis Melendez was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one double and one RBI.

Meanwhile, Burroughs got themselves on the board against Canyon on Tuesday, but Canyon never followed suit. They blew past the Cowboys 13-0. Considering the Bears have won eight matchups by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Burroughs' victory bumped their record up to 11-1. As for Bell, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.