On Monday, Corona faced Centennial in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Corona Panthers walked away with a 7-2 victory over the Centennial Huskies. Winning may never get old, but Corona sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Jake Skelskey looked comfortable as he pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (he also didn't allow any walks). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Corona got a big performance out of Brady Ebel, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. Billy Carlson was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
On Centennial's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Danny Retzlaff, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Adam Magday, who went 2-for-2 with two RBI.
Corona pushed their record up to 20-2 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.4 runs per game. As for Centennial, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-4.
Corona will have a chance to go back-to-back against Centennial: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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