San Marcos entered their tilt with Fallbrook with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They came out on top against the Fallbrook Warriors by a score of 9-5 on Thursday. That's more bragging rights for San Marcos, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
San Marcos got a great performance from Pitcher Esquer as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. Esquer has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts every time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on JJ Moran, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Martinez, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
On Fallbrook's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jace Cervantes, who went 1-for-4 with a home run. Austen Baker was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with three RBI and a double.
San Marcos pushed their record up to 7-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs per game. As for Fallbrook, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-7.
San Marcos will be playing in front of their home fans against San Pedro at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (San Pedro: 3.8, San Marcos: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Fallbrook, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Broomfield at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Broomfield has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed seven runs per game on average), something Fallbrook will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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