The Foothill Mustangs will venture away from home to square off against the El Dorado Cougars at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Foothill will be strutting in after a win while El Dorado will be coming in after a defeat.
Foothill will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Lindhurst on Thursday. Foothill blew past Lindhurst 12-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Mustangs have posted since March 22, 2024.
Aiden Carvalho was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Carvalho was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Foothill let Jose Barraza and Julio Galo-Calderwood run wild. Barraza scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2, while Galo-Calderwood scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Julian Tripp, who scored three runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, El Dorado came up short against Ponderosa on Thursday and fell 5-2. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Bruins recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
El Dorado saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Garrison Ewing, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI. The dominant performance also gave Ewing a new career-high in hits (two).
The win got Foothill back to even at 1-1. As for El Dorado, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
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