The Exeter Monarchs will take on the Tranquillity Tigers in a tournament on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Exeter has four straight victories, Tranquillity has 19 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Exeter's tournament run continued when they took on Corcoran on Tuesday. Exeter put the hurt on Corcoran with a sharp 12-5 win. Considering the Monarchs have won six matchups by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Jacob Molina
| 03/11/25 @ Corcoran | 4 |
| 05/09/24 @ Selma | 3 |
| 04/27/24 vs Tulare Union | 2 |
| 02/28/24 vs Tulare Union | 2 |
| 05/02/24 vs Immanuel | 1 |
Jacob Molina and Tyler Trimble did most of the damage at the plate: Molina went 3-for-5 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles, while Trimble scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The dominant performance gave Molina a new career-high in RBI. Another player making a difference was Cade McElmoyl, who scored three runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
They weren't the only ones working in the hit department: Exeter kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Tranquillity's offense. They came up short against Woodlake on Tuesday, falling 15-0.
Exeter pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 6.3 runs. As for Tranquillity, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
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