The Carson Colts will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Legacy Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
In what's become a running theme this season, Carson gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. They never let Rancho Dominguez onto the board and left with a 12-0 victory. With that win, Carson brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Joseph Barber looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Dylan Mares, who fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3. Ryan Camacho was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Legacy only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the nine-point they dealt Palisades on Saturday. Everything went Legacy's way against Palisades as Legacy made off with an 11-2 victory.
Legacy also got a great performance from Julian Tellez as he pitched six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Tellez has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings every time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Pablo Ortiz and Ivan Jasso did most of the damage at the plate: Ortiz scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Jasso scored a run while going 1-for-5.
The win (which was Carson's third in a row) raised their record to 11-7. They've been dominating during the matchups in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 11.3 runs. As for Legacy, their victory bumped their record up to 10-4.
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