The Beckman Patriots are taking a road trip to challenge the San Clemente Tritons at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Beckman will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Five must be Beckman's lucky number: they beat Costa Mesa with that score not once but twice on Wednesday. The Patriots beat the Mustangs by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 5-4.
Meanwhile, San Clemente made easy work of Corona del Mar two weeks ago and carried off a 7-1 win. The Tritons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by six runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Joaquim Baumgardner, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. He has become a key player for San Clemente: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 5-9 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Mike Erspamer, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Beckman's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-10. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for San Clemente, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-9.
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