Baseball Recap: Duarte Comes Up Short

Duarte fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Garey on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 3-2. The Falcons were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Vikings earlier this season, when they won 10-2.

This is the second loss in a row for Duarte and nudges their season record down to 13-10. Even worse, they were so close both times: the losses came by an average of only 1.5 runs. As for Garey, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-12.

While Duarte had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.