The El Dorado Golden Hawks will venture away from home to square off against the Villa Park Spartans at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. Villa Park took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on El Dorado, who comes in off a win.
El Dorado will bounce into Friday's game after beating Cypress, who they had gone 1-7-1 against in their nine prior meetings. El Dorado won by a run and slipped past Cypress 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Golden Hawks.
Julian Rodriguez tossed a big game, tossing six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. What's more, he posted four strikeouts, the most he's had since back in February of 2024.
On the hitting side, Diego Gonzalez was excellent, going 1-for-3 with one home run.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Villa Park's offense. They fell just short of Foothill by a score of 2-0 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Spartans have suffered against the Knights since April 26, 2022.
Villa Park also got a good showing from Jack McGuire, who didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. McGuire has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Villa Park and nudges their season record down to 5-2. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 1.5 runs. As for El Dorado, they pushed their record up to 7-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
El Dorado suffered a grim 15-7 defeat to Villa Park when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can El Dorado avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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