East View entered their tilt with Pflugerville on Friday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Panthers an 11-0 shutout. That 11 run margin sets a new team best for the Patriots this season.
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Andres Uzcategui made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because East View is 2-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 3-8-2 otherwise. Uzcategui was also solid in the batter's box, going a perfect 1-for-1 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Brandt Eastman was excellent, scoring a run while going 1-for-2. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Sergio Gutierrez was another key player, scoring two runs.
East View always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .654. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in five consecutive games.
East View's win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-9-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Pflugerville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-9-1.
East View and Pflugerville could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. East View will take on Westlake at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday down 468 places (486 vs. 18). Meanwhile, Pflugerville (ranked 833rd) will meet Harker Heights (ranked 117th) at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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