The Triton Central Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Monrovia Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Triton Central stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. Everything went their way against Southwestern as Triton Central made off with a 14-3 win. 14 seems to be a good number for Triton Central as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ben Toth looked comfortable as he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, Janssen Capps was a standout: he scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Kellan Dishman was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last contest, Monrovia made sure to put some runs up on the board against Brown County on Saturday. Monrovia came out on top against Brown County by a score of 10-7.
Monrovia got a massive performance out of Zack Oliphant, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Brayton Belcher, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-4.
The win was the third in a row for Triton Central, bringing their record for this year to 17-2. As for Monrovia, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-9 record this season.
Triton Central came up short against Monrovia when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 11-8. Thankfully for Triton Central, Darius Compton (who struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off seven hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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