El Capitan won against Mount Miguel last Tuesday with 14 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. The El Capitan Vaqueros' pitcher stepped up to hand the El Cajon Valley Braves a 14-0 shutout. The win was familiar territory for El Capitan who now have three in a row.
Not much got past Nick Barnes, who gave up just one hit to keep El Cajon Valley off the board.
At the plate, Emilio Fearn Flores and Kasen Baker did most of the damage at the plate: Fearn Flores went 2-for-3 with four RBI, a triple, and a run, while Baker scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Baker has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of David Vera, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
El Capitan's victory bumped their record up to 15-9. As for El Cajon Valley, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-12.
El Capitan will have a chance to go back-to-back against El Cajon Valley: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
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