Baseball Recap: El Segundo Eagles vs. Fountain Valley Barons
El Segundo extended their postseason success on Tuesday against Fountain Valley. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Fountain Valley Barons 2-1. The victory was nothing new for El Segundo as they're now sitting on four straight.
Samuel Forthuber spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on five hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, El Segundo's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Mateo Heredia, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
On Fountain Valley's side, Billy Kutsch was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits.
El Segundo has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-8 record this season. As for Fountain Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 19-10.
El Segundo will head out on the road to challenge St. John Bosco at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. John Bosco: 3.8, El Segundo: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned. Fountain Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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