The Montbello Warriors will face off against the Denver East Angels at 4:15 p.m. on Friday.
Montbello lost 9-3 to Thomas Jefferson on Tuesday. The Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Derek Alvidrez was cooking despite his team's loss, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two doubles and two RBI. Sean Dammond also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen bases of the season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Denver East). Everything went their way against Eagle Valley on Thursday as they made off with a 14-2 win. The victory was some much needed relief for the Angels as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.
Denver East also got a great performance from Jacob Wilkerson as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over six innings pitched. Wilkerson also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because the Angels are 2-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 2-6 otherwise.
At the plate, Denver East let Evan L'Herault and Jack Lohmeyer run wild. L'Herault scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Lohmeyer scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. L'Herault has become a key player for Denver East: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 1-7 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden McCammon, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Denver East's win bumped their record up to 4-7. As for Montbello, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 4-7.
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