Baseball Preview: Soquel Knights vs. San Lorenzo Valley Cougars
Soquel and San Lorenzo Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2019, but likely not for long. After both having extra time off, the pair will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
After soaring to 14 runs the game before, Soquel was a bit more limited in their matchup last Thursday. They fell just short of Harbor by a score of 2-0. Soquel has struggled against Harbor recently, as their match last Thursday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Soquel saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gabe Virgalito, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Meanwhile, San Lorenzo Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Santa Cruz by a score of 7-5.
Brody Egnar was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Soquel's defeat dropped their record down to 9-4. As for San Lorenzo Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8-1.
Everything went Soquel's way against San Lorenzo Valley in their previous matchup back in March as Soquel made off with an 8-0 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was San Lorenzo Valley's Anthony Griffiths, who pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned run off two hits (he also only allowed one walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Soquel still be able to contain Griffiths? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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