Baseball Game Preview: San Marcos Royals vs. Santa Barbara Dons

For the second straight game, San Marcos will face off against Santa Barbara. The Royals will be playing at home against the Dons at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. San Marcos is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.

The home team had won the previous three meetings between San Marcos and Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara kept the tradition alive. The Royals fell just short of the Dons by a score of 5-3 on Tuesday.

San Marcos saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Miles Herbert, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.

Santa Barbara pushed their record up to 16-7-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for San Marcos, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-18.