Baseball Preview: Santa Rita Eagles vs. Willcox Cowboys
Santa Rita is on a 13-game streak of home losses (dating back to last season), Willcox a six-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Santa Rita Eagles will take on the Willcox Cowboys at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
On Friday, Santa Rita fell victim to a tough 18-2 loss at the hands of Pima.
Meanwhile, Willcox had just enough and edged Bisbee out 6-5 on Friday.
Kash Macumber made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over 6.1 innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off nine hits. Macumber has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Macumber was even better at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base.
Macumber wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ed Tingle, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Santa Rita's defeat dropped their record down to 0-12. As for Willcox, their win bumped their record up to 9-14.
Santa Rita suffered a grim 16-3 defeat to Willcox in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Willcox's Andres Correa, who struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit. Now that Santa Rita knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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