Baseball Recap: Tokay snaps three-game streak of losses at home

By Team Reports Apr 29, 2024, 9:13pm

Baseball Recap: Tokay Tigers vs. Lodi Flames

Tokay can finally bid farewell to their seven-game losing streak thanks to their game on Monday. They had just enough and edged the Lodi Flames out 2-1. For Tokay, this counts as revenge for the 9-2 loss Lodi walked away with the last time they faced one another back in May of 2023.

Joey Galletti spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, Tokay's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Christian Olivares, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.

Even though they lost, Lodi didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Tokay only tossed three.

Tokay's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-16. As for Lodi, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-9.

Tokay will have a chance to go back-to-back against Lodi: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

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