The matchup between Desert Hot Springs and Banning on Tuesday hardly resembled the 4-0 effort from their previous meeting. The Desert Hot Springs Golden Eagles wound up on the wrong side of a tough 23-2 walloping at the hands of the Banning Broncos. Desert Hot Springs has not had much luck with Banning recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
For Banning's part, Trevor Eisman and Sebastian Osornio made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Eisman tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. Meanwhile, Osornio didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Eisman got on base in five of his six plate appearances with three runs, a triple, and two RBI, while Osornio scored a run while getting on base in four of his seven plate appearances.
In other batting news, Marquis Stewart-Vaughn and Quintin Valdivia did most of the damage at the plate: Stewart-Vaughn scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Valdivia scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Luther Mathis, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Desert Hot Springs' defeat dropped their record down to 8-11. As for Banning, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 15-7.
While Desert Hot Springs 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 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
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