Harbor Teacher had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They came out on top against the King/Drew Golden Eagles by a score of 5-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Harbor Teacher also won the last time the pair played last Thursday.
John Perea Jr spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on seven hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ricky Garcia, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Derek Nieves, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
On King/Drew's side, they also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and he was also dialed-in: Danilo Meade gave up just two earned (and three unearned) runs on seven hits.
At the plate, King/Drew saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Diego Laines, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Harbor Teacher is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for King/Drew, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-8.
Harbor Teacher will be playing at home against Marquez at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Marquez is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season. As for King/Drew, they will head out on the road to square off against Roybal at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Roybal will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
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