Baseball Recap: Soledad Aztecs vs. North Salinas Vikings
There's no place like home for Soledad, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the North Salinas Vikings a 3-0 shutout on Tuesday. That's more bragging rights for Soledad, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Not much got past Andrew Nichols, who gave up just three hits and racked up 14 Ks to keep North Salinas off the board. Nichols has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Anthony Medina was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Anikan Tavarez, who went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run.
On North Salinas' side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Preston Hobbs, who went 2-for-2 with two doubles.
Soledad's victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-4. As for North Salinas, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-7 record this season.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Soledad beat North Salinas by a score of 4-0.
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