The Yorktown Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Three Rivers Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Yorktown is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Last Friday, Yorktown got themselves on the board against Runge, but Runge never followed suit. Everything went their way against the Yellowjackets as they made off with a 15-0 victory. The win was just what Yorktown needed coming off of a 19-4 defeat in their prior match.
Dalton Eckhardt and Deagan Mungia made a splash no matter where they played. Throwing, Eckhardt struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Mungia tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Eckhardt has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Eckhardt scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Mungia scored three runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-4.
In other batting news, Yorktown got a massive performance out of Colton Rogers, who went 3-for-4 with two triples, two stolen bases, and two runs. Rogers hasn't dropped below two stolen bases for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Mathew Olguin, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Three Rivers was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of Port Aransas.
Three Rivers saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Xavier Carranza, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Yorktown's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-15. As for Three Rivers, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-7.
Yorktown suffered a grim 19-1 defeat to Three Rivers in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Three Rivers' Lathan Meyer, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also only allowed one walk). Now that Yorktown knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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