The Eastlake Falcons will challenge the Coronado Thunderbirds at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
The home team had won the previous two meetings between Eastlake and Franklin, and Eastlake kept the tradition alive. The Falcons put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 13-4 victory on Thursday.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Coronado, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They never let Socorro get on the board and left with a 10-0 win on Tuesday. The Thunderbirds might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 games by seven runs or more this season.
Jaxon Baptist looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Ryan Salcedo was incredible, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Wilson, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and three runs.
Coronado was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Coronado has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-10 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Eastlake, their win bumped their record up to 12-15.
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