The South El Monte Eagles will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Adelanto Saints at 3:30 p.m. South El Monte is coming into the match hot, having won their last seven games.
South El Monte stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Arroyo with a sharp 9-2 win. With that victory, South El Monte brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.
Christian Ortega was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Ortega has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Ortega was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, South El Monte got a big performance out of Armando Huizar, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Xavier Cordova was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Valley View typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Adelanto proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 6-2 win over the Eagles.
South El Monte has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for Adelanto, their victory bumped their record up to 18-9.
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