Baseball Game Preview: Redlands East Valley Wildcats vs. Beaumont Cougars

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04/01/25 - Away	5-6 L
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Redlands East Valley and Beaumont are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2022, but likely not for long. The Wildcats will host the Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Redlands East Valley has nine straight wins, Beaumont has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Redlands East Valley's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Thursday's struggle, when Yucaipa hitters got past them. The Wildcats walked away with a 14-11 victory over the Thunderbirds on Thursday. The game snapped a strange streak: the last six times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.

Joseph Prosper looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in ten consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Redlands East Valley got a massive performance out of Connor Towns, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Griffin Cunningham, who went 1-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and one stolen base.

Meanwhile, Beaumont fell victim to Citrus Valley and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They fell just short of the Blackhawks by a score of 2-0. The shutout was out of character for the Cougars seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.

Redlands East Valley's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-8. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs over those games. As for Beaumont, their loss dropped their record down to 2-17.