The El Dorado Golden Hawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Murrieta Valley Nighthawks at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (El Dorado: 2.7, Murrieta Valley: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
El Dorado entered their tilt with Downers Grove South with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Mustangs on Tuesday as they made off with a 7-1 victory. That six run margin sets a new team best for El Dorado this season.
Trent Larsen and Grant Thomas dominated on the mound. Larsen tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (he also only allowed one walk), while Thomas tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (he also only allowed one walk). Larsen has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Diego Gonzalez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Murrieta Valley fell victim to Murrieta Mesa and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rams.
Murrieta Valley saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Riley Kujawa, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
The win got El Dorado back to even at 8-8. As for Murrieta Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 12-4.
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