The Bloomington Bruins will head out on the road to take on the Summit SkyHawks at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Bloomington comes in on four and Summit on 11.
Last Saturday, Bloomington never let their opponents score. They won by a run and slipped past Jurupa Hills 1-0.
Bloomington got a great performance from Andrew Tejada as he didn't allow a single earned run over 8.1 innings pitched. Tejada has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Bloomington's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Martin, who went 1-for-4 with a double.
Meanwhile, Summit earned a 5-2 victory over Rialto on Thursday.
Ryan Oaks looked comfortable as he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Isaac Castanon was incredible, going 3-for-3 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Spencer, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Bloomington's win bumped their record up to 16-8. As for Summit, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
Bloomington skirted past Summit 1-0 in their previous matchup back in March. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Summit's Kody Smathers, who struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Bloomington still be able to contain Smathers? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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