The El Toro Chargers will challenge the San Clemente Tritons at 3:45 p.m. on Monday.
El Toro is headed into the matchup having just suffered their biggest loss since April 4th on Friday. They lost 14-5 to Capistrano Valley. The Chargers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
El Toro got a good showing from Logan Barney, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Barney has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, El Toro saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Talen Nodalo, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one RBI. Kenny Park was another, going 2-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base.
Meanwhile, San Clemente had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.6 runs) and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. They came out on top against the Diablos by a score of 7-4.
San Clemente pushed their record up to 15-9 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for El Toro, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-11.
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