Baseball Preview: Santa Monica Vikings vs. Adelanto Saints
The Santa Monica Vikings will face off against the Adelanto Saints at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Santa Monica: 2.2, Adelanto: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Santa Monica is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Ganesha out 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Santa Monica.
Tony Ponce looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Santa Monica's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Spencer Levin, who went 2-for-3 with a triple.
Meanwhile, Adelanto had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Knights and snuck past 5-3.
Santa Monica's win bumped their record up to 19-7. As for Adelanto, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season.
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