The South El Monte Eagles will square off against the Temple City Rams at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
On Friday, South El Monte didn't have quite enough to beat Garden Grove and fell 2-1. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
South El Monte saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Xavier Cordova, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Temple City might've scored the first runs on Thursday, but it was La Canada who claimed the real prize. Temple City fell 5-1 to La Canada.
Temple City has also traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-7-1 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. South El Monte's loss dropped their record down to 6-4.
South El Monte beat Temple City 5-0 in their previous matchup on March 6th. Will South El Monte repeat their success, or does Temple City has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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