Baseball Preview: Santa Paula Cardinals vs. Fillmore Flashes
The Santa Paula Cardinals will be playing at home against the Fillmore Flashes at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
On Saturday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Santa Paula had to settle for a 6-4 loss against Pacifica. Santa Paula has struggled against Pacifica recently, as their matchup on Saturday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Julian Perales and Tyler Antwine stepped up to the plate in a big way. Perales went 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run, while Antwine scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Ruben Venegas was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Fillmore came up short against Malibu on Friday and fell 5-1.
Fillmore also got a good showing from Thomas Alamillo, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Fillmore saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Javi Contreras, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Santa Paula's defeat dropped their record down to 13-9. As for Fillmore, their loss was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-13.
Santa Paula beat Fillmore 3-0 in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Fillmore's Ivan Becerra, who tossed 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. Now that he won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for Santa Paula to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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