The Coronado Cougars will take on the Faith Lutheran Crusaders at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Coronado comes in on six and Faith Lutheran on three.
Coronado is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They had just enough and edged Liberty out 3-2.
Coronado got a great performance from Dillon Victoravich as he struck out 11 batters over 7.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits.
At the plate, Coronado's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Vinny Kistle, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Meanwhile, Faith Lutheran faced Las Vegas in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Faith Lutheran put the hurt on Las Vegas with a sharp 6-0 win.
Not much got past Chase Sorlie, who gave up just three hits to keep Las Vegas off the board. Sorlie has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Alexander Jang was excellent, going 2-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Kingston Kela, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Coronado has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 20-11 record this season. As for Faith Lutheran, they pushed their record up to 23-7-1 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Coronado came up short against Faith Lutheran in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, falling 8-3. Thankfully for Coronado, Caden Richards (who went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI) 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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