Baseball Preview: Santaluces Chiefs vs. Forest Hill Falcons
Santaluces has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Forest Hill Falcons at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Santaluces' pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Dr. Joaquin Garcia out 2-0.
Samir Hurtado was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over 5.2 innings pitched. Hurtado has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Hurtado was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Forest Hill has not done well against South Fork recently (they were 0-6 in their previous six matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Forest Hill won by a run and slipped past South Fork 2-1.
Forest Hill's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Moreira, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Santaluces is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-10 record this season. As for Forest Hill, their win bumped their record up to 11-14.
Santaluces took their victory against Forest Hill in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 12-5. Will Santaluces repeat their success, or does Forest Hill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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