Baseball Recap: Soledad wins going away against King City

By Team Reports Apr 8, 2024, 8:37pm

Baseball Recap: Soledad Aztecs vs. King City Mustangs

Soledad stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the King City Mustangs a 12-0 shutout. While fans of Soledad might be used to big wins, the 12-run margin marked the team's biggest victory yet this season.

Andrew Nichols made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 14 over six innings pitched. Nichols has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances. Nichols was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.

In other batting news, Andrew Raya was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Daniel Valenzuela Jr was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

Soledad has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for King City, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-10.

Soledad will have a chance to go back-to-back against King City: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

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