The Estancia Eagles will face off against the Orange Panthers at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Estancia will be strutting in after a victory while Orange will be coming in after a loss.
Estancia made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Savanna, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Eagles blew past the Rebels 7-1 on Friday. The Eagles not only won on Friday, but they posted their biggest win since March 4th.

Nico Viramontes
03/21/25 @ Orange | 5 |
03/15/25 vs Colton | 3 |
03/28/25 vs Century | 2 |
02/21/25 vs Bosco Tech | 2 |
04/11/25 vs Savanna | 1 |
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Nico Viramontes made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He pitched 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. He is becoming a predictor of Estancia's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is undefeated (and 7-8 when he doesn't). Viramontes was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Viramontes wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Sawyer Atkinson, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. That's the most RBI Atkinson has posted since back in March. Jacob Ramirez was another, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Estancia always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .528. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Orange fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Segerstrom on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Jaguars by a score of 3-2. The Panthers have struggled against the Jaguars recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meeting.
Estancia's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-8. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Orange, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-11-1.
Estancia skirted past Orange 11-10 when the teams last played back in March. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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