East waltzed into their game on Saturday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They had just enough and edged the Easton Area Rovers out 8-7. Eight seems to be a good number for East as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
For Easton Area's part, Alex Laquintano made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Nick Chieffo, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
East's victory bumped their record up to 13-5. As for Easton Area, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-14.
East will look to defend their home field on Monday against Downingtown West at 4:00 p.m. East is on a five-game streak of home wins, Downingtown West a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. Easton Area does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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