Baseball Preview: San Lorenzo Grizzlies vs. Encinal Jets
San Lorenzo is 1-9 against Encinal since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The San Lorenzo Grizzlies will head out on the road to square off against the Encinal Jets at 4:00 p.m.
San Lorenzo is is headed into Wednesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Monday. They fell just short of Hayward by a score of 2-1.
Rogelio Hernandez was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Hernandez was also big at the plate, going 3-for-3 with a stolen base. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.
Hernandez wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Emilio Vazquez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, San Lorenzo hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hayward struck out nine times.
Meanwhile, Encinal had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Knights and snuck past 12-11. 12 seems to be a good number for Encinal as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Mateo McMinn looked comfortable as he pitched 2.2 innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits.
At the plate, Encinal got a massive performance out of Evan Furuichi, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Wilson, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple.
San Lorenzo's defeat dropped their record down to 7-14. As for Encinal, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.
San Lorenzo suffered a grim 14-2 defeat to Encinal in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can San Lorenzo avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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