The East View Patriots will square off against the Westlake Chaparrals at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with East View sitting on three straight victories and Westlake on four.
East View's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They were the clear victors by an 11-0 margin over Pflugerville. The contest marked the Patriots' most dominant win of the season so far.
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Andres Uzcategui was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because East View is 2-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 3-8-2 otherwise. Uzcategui was also big at the plate, going a perfect 1-for-1 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Brandt Eastman was excellent, scoring a run while going 1-for-2. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Kaden Christianson was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-1.
East View always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .654. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Westlake got the win against Austin on Friday by a conclusive 11-2. Considering the Chaparrals have won 13 matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Westlake's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 18-2-1. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for East View, their victory bumped their record up to 5-9-2.
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