The La Canada Spartans will head out to take on the Village Christian Crusaders at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (La Canada 3.1, Village Christian 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
La Canada can't be too worried about heading out to take on Village Christian: they just beat Monrovia at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Spartans won by a run and slipped past the Wildcats 2-1. Winning may never get old, but the Spartans sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Cash Carroll spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up nine Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in eight consecutive appearances.
At the plate, La Canada's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Joe Bell, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. That's the most RBI Bell has posted since back in February. Benji Geller was another, getting on base in two of his three plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.
Brentwood School hit Village Christian with a five-run fourth inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Crusaders fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 5-4.
Village Christian has also been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 10-12 record this season. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only four runs. As for La Canada, their win bumped their record up to 14-11.
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