Baseball Preview: Otay Ranch Mustangs vs. Sweetwater Red Devils
The Otay Ranch Mustangs will be playing at home against the Sweetwater Red Devils at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Wednesday, Otay Ranch sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 victory over Escondido. The win was just what Otay Ranch needed coming off of a 9-2 loss in their prior game.
Tomas Sanchez looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, Ricky Aguilar and Cory Salazar did most of the damage at the plate: Aguilar went 4-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI, while Salazar scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Sweetwater had just enough and edged Holtville out 3-1 on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Sweetwater has won by exactly two runs.
Manuel Carrillo made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out six batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Carrillo has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Carrillo was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double.
Carrillo wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Daniel Vidal, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Otay Ranch's victory bumped their record up to 4-14. As for Sweetwater, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
Otay Ranch couldn't quite finish off Sweetwater in their previous meeting back in April of 2016 and fell 6-4. Can Otay Ranch avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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