After two games on the road, Redlands East Valley is heading back home. They will take on the Cajon Cowboys at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Redlands East Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
On Wednesday, Redlands East Valley narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Redlands 6-5. The victory was just what Redlands East Valley needed coming off of a 14-4 defeat in their prior game.
Piper Sylvestre spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and two unearned) runs on ten hits.
At the plate, Amanda Waymire was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Juliana Legaspi, who scored three runs while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Cajon's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell just short of Beaumont by a score of 3-2. Cajon has not had much luck with Beaumont recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Redlands East Valley's win bumped their record up to 10-11. As for Cajon, their loss dropped their record down to 8-8-1.
Redlands East Valley came up short against Cajon when the teams last played back in March, falling 7-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cajon's Jada Villegas, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Now that Redlands East Valley knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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