De Leon scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Goldthwaite Eagles as the De Leon Bearcats made off with an 18-2 victory. The result was nothing new for De Leon, who have now won five contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Justin Hornback was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Hornback has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Hornback was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, De Leon got a massive performance out of Adam Perez, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Brenner Wright was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
On Goldthwaite's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Leverett, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
De Leon has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Goldthwaite, their loss was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-12.
De Leon will have a chance to go back-to-back against Goldthwaite: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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