The Santa Barbara Dons will take on the Paramount Pirates at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Santa Barbara will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Santa Barbara is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past Loara 5-4.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Paramount, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. Everything went their way against Heritage Christian on Friday as they made off with a 15-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Pirates, who have now won 12 matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Luis Banuelos was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in April. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with three runs, four RBI, and one triple.
In other batting news, Jacob Lara was excellent, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Adrian Flores, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Paramount always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .561. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Heritage Christian only posted an OBP of .333.
Paramount's record is now 22-7. As for Santa Barbara, they now have a winning record of 15-14.
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