San Dimas's tournament run continued when they took on La Canada on Saturday. The Saints narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Spartans 7-6. That's two games straight that the Saints have won by just one run.
Eleazar Santillan made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off five hits. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because San Dimas is 4-2 when he allows at most one earned run, but 7-9 otherwise. Santillan was also big at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
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In other batting news, San Dimas let Sho Yang and Aaden Escarcega run wild. Yang went 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI, while Escarcega went 1-for-3 with one home run. Escarcega is becoming a predictor of San Dimas' success: when he posts at least one home run the team is 2-1 (and 9-10 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Noah Esquival, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
The victory made it two in a row for San Dimas and bumps their season record up to 11-11. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of one runs across that stretch. As for La Canada, their loss dropped their record down to 15-8.
San Dimas and La Canada should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. The Saints (ranked 154th) will meet Colony (ranked 453rd) at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, La Canada will square off against Village Christian at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday with a big rank advantage (171 vs. 573).
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