Baseball Recap: Sheldon Comes Up Short

Sheldon extended their losing streak to 11 on Tuesday, dropping their season record down to 3-14 in the process. They came up short against the Laguna Creek Cardinals, falling 10-0. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

As for Laguna Creek, they now have a winning record of 11-10. They might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by ten runs or more this season.

For Laguna Creek's part, David Romero looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. Romero also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because the Cardinals are 3-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 8-9 otherwise.

On the hitting side, Laguna Creek got a big performance out of Tyger Peterson, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI, one run, and one double. Those three RBI gave Peterson a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Sam Stires, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and one RBI.

While Sheldon had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.