Baseball Preview: Monte Vista Monarchs vs. Lincoln Cardinals
The Monte Vista Monarchs will stay at home for another game and welcome the Lincoln Cardinals at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Monte Vista is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
After only two runs in their last contest, Monte Vista made sure to put some runs up on the board against Poly on Tuesday. Monte Vista walked away with a 10-6 victory over Poly.
David Rodriguez and Tristan Walker dominated on the mound. Rodriguez didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched, while Walker pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also only allowed one walk).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Justyn Stone, who scored a run while going 4-for-5. Another player making a difference was Niko Heidt, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, sadly, Lincoln is still looking for their first win of the season after four games. They fell just short of Oceanside by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday.
Monte Vista is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-3-1 record this season. As for Lincoln, they have fallen quite a ways from their 21-9 record last season and are now at 0-4.
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