The Braddock Bulldogs will be taking part in a tournament against the Sylvan Hills Bears at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Sylvan Hills will be up against a hot Braddock team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Braddock's pitchers stepped up to hand George Washington a 14-0 shutout on Monday. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won six contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Alvaro Perez looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two hits in six consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Braddock got a massive performance out of Marcelo Torres, who went 2-for-3 with five RBI, one triple, and one run. That's the most RBI Torres has posted since back in February. The team also got some help courtesy of Sebastian Llamozas, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI and one triple.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sylvan Hills). They were the clear victors by a 16-0 margin over Lincoln on Monday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Bears considering their two-run performance the game before.
Braddock pushed their record up to 13-3-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.5 runs on average over those games. As for Sylvan Hills, their win bumped their record up to 4-5.
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