Baseball Recap: Amundsen Vikings vs. Evergreen Park Mustangs
After a string of five wins, Amundsen's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 8-2 walloping at the hands of the Evergreen Park Mustangs. Amundsen was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the five matches prior) but Evergreen Park's pitchers proved too tough.
Amundsen saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Antonio Yanez, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On Evergreen Park's side, Yarim Garcia made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Garcia was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
In other pitching news, Evergreen Park got a great performance from Michael Rodriguez as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits (and only one walk).
Back at the plate, Billy Duffner was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Amundsen's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-8. As for Evergreen Park, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Amundsen by a score of 2-0 later that day.
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