Beaumont had lost 11 straight on the road dating back to last season, but on Tuesday they dropped their record down to 2-18 to make it 12. They came up short against the Redlands East Valley Wildcats, falling 10-4. The Cougars were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Wildcats earlier this season, when they won 6-5.
Beaumont got a good showing from Dennis Chavez, who struck out seven batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Chavez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Beaumont saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Hofmann, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one run.
As for Redlands East Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season. The win was nothing new for Redlands East Valley as they're now sitting on ten straight.
On Redlands East Valley's side, they got a big performance out of Connor Towns, who went 1-for-3 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one double. Those four RBI gave Towns a new career-high. Eric Rivera was another key player, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two RBI and one run.
While Beaumont had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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