Baseball Preview: Lindsay Cardinals vs. Rosamond Roadrunners
The Lindsay Cardinals will challenge the Rosamond Roadrunners at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Lindsay sitting on four straight wins and Rosamond on three.
Lindsay is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Riverdale onto the board and left with a 7-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Lindsay, who have now won 12 games by six runs or more so far this season.
DIEGO JAUREGUI and JUAN VASQUEZ JR did most of the damage at the plate: JAUREGUI scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while VASQUEZ JR scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of ANTHONY MOSQUEDA, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Rosamond ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They came out on top against Lone Pine by a score of 8-4.
Gavin Ament made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out 11 batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits (and only one walk). Ament has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Ament was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Shawn Webb was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 4-for-4. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Adrian Cruz, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.
Lindsay is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-10 record this season. As for Rosamond, they pushed their record up to 13-12 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
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