Baseball Recap: Salinas Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Mar 11, 2025, 7:29pm

Baseball Recap: Salinas Cowboys vs. Soledad Aztecs

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03/11/25 @ Soledad5-7
03/07/25 @ Pacific Grove15-11
03/01/25 vs Castro Valley7-3
02/25/25 @ Christopher2-0
05/18/24 vs Homestead2-5

It was fun while it lasted, but Salinas's undefeated season came to an end after three games on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Soledad Aztecs by a score of 7-5. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Cowboys have suffered since March 8, 2024.

Brady Knoch was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in hits. Quentin Dominguez also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Knoch wasn't the only one working in the hit department: Salinas kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in three consecutive contests.

Having lost for the first time this season, Salinas fell to 3-1. As for Soledad, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 3-1.

While Salinas 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 Thursday.

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