For the second straight game, Central East will face off against Clovis. The Bengals will be playing at home against the Cougars at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Central East has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with eight straight defeats, while Clovis will come in with three straight wins.
Central East made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Clovis, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Bengals fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 8-6 on Tuesday. The game snapped a strange streak: the last three times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
For Clovis' part, Christian Gonzalez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and four unearned) runs on seven hits. Gonzalez has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Nick Caballero and Deep Chohan did most of the damage at the plate: Caballero went 2-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and one run, while Chohan went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double. Another player making a difference was Peyton Barsotti, who went 1-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Clovis was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Central East only posted a batting average of .233.
Clovis' victory bumped their record up to 13-14. As for Central East, their loss dropped their record down to 7-18.
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