After losing to La Jolla the last time they met, El Camino decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The El Camino Wildcats came out on top in a nail-biter against the La Jolla Vikings on Saturday and snuck past 5-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for El Camino.
Nate Esquivel looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Charlie Orman, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
On La Jolla's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hank Hansen, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
El Camino is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for La Jolla, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 16-10.
El Camino will head out on the road to challenge Ramona at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. El Camino's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Ramona's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for La Jolla, they will head out on the road to take on Mira Mesa at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Mira Mesa: 3.8, La Jolla: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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