The Oak Grove Eagles will take on the Ann Sobrato Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Oak Grove has struggled recently with five defeats in a row, while Ann Sobrato will arrive with ten straight victories.
Last Thursday, Oak Grove came up short against Prospect and fell 6-3.
Oak Grove saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Vierra, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Ann Sobrato won against Gilroy on Thursday with seven runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. The Bulldogs skirted past the Mustangs 7-5.
DJ Vallejo made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Vallejo was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-4. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Liam Bettencourt and Aidan Flores did most of the damage at the plate: Bettencourt scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4, while Flores scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Bettencourt a new career-high in RBI (two). Hunter Rubbo was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Ann Sobrato pushed their record up to 11-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Oak Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.
Oak Grove might still be hurting after the 8-2 defeat they got from Ann Sobrato when the teams last played back in May of 2021. Can the Eagles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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