On Wednesday, Elsinore got themselves on the board against JW North, but JW North never followed suit. They won by a run and slipped past the JW North Huskies 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Elsinore.
Not much got past Charlie Ruggles, who gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks to keep JW North off the board. Ruggles has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Elsinore's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Lucas Alberoni, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
On JW North's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jason Anderson, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Elsinore pushed their record up to 8-8-1 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those good results, didn't necessarily come from the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 2.2 runs per game. As for JW North, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-11-1.
Elsinore will have a chance to go back-to-back against JW North: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:15 p.m. on Friday.
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