Preview: Escondido Cougars vs. San Pasqual Golden Eagles
Escondido is 1-9 against San Pasqual since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Escondido Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the San Pasqual Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
After soaring to 13 runs the game before, Escondido were a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 12-2 walloping at the hands of Classical Academy.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but San Pasqual had to settle for an 8-7 defeat against Bonita Vista on Monday. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for San Pasqual in their matchups with Bonita Vista: they've now lost seven in a row.
Ashlee Sweet and Marissa Barajas did some serious damage despite the final result: Sweet scored a run while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances, while Barajas scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Escondido's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for San Pasqual, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
Escondido couldn't quite finish off San Pasqual in their previous meeting back in May of 2022 and fell 5-3. Can Escondido avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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