The Escalon Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Atwater Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Escalon comes in on eight and Atwater on seven.
Escalon can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. Everything went their way against Modesto Christian as Escalon made off with a 17-4 victory.
Jamin Miller made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off three hits. Miller has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Miller was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with four RBI, a triple, and a run.
In other pitching news, Josh Fiori looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, Lorenzo Texeira was a standout: he scored two runs while going 2-for-2. Logan Huebner was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Atwater won against Golden Valley last Tuesday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again last Thursday. Atwater walked away with a 4-1 win over Golden Valley.
Logan Sanchez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on two hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Atwater's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Mathias Cole, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Escalon pushed their record up to 14-10 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Atwater, they now have a winning record of 11-10.
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