The Rancho Christian Eagles will take on the Banning Broncos at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Rancho Christian sitting on five straight wins and Banning on seven.
Rancho Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Vasquez as Rancho Christian made off with an 11-1 victory. Considering Rancho Christian has won seven contests by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Dylan Cookson was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Landon Duguid, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Banning gave up the first runs on Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Miller and snuck past 10-9.
Marquis Stewart-Vaughn made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). Stewart-Vaughn has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances. Stewart-Vaughn was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, John Lara III was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and a stolen base. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played. Michael Ortega was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Rancho Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-11 record this season. As for Banning, they pushed their record up to 17-7 with that win, which was their 21st straight at home dating back to last season.
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