Baseball Game Preview: Sweetwater on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 9:39am

Baseball Preview: Sweetwater Red Devils vs. Southwest SD Raiders

The Sweetwater Red Devils will be playing at home against the Southwest SD Raiders at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Sweetwater will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak alive.

On Tuesday, Sweetwater earned a 6-2 win over Castle Park.

Sweetwater got a great performance from Adrian Fierro as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over six innings pitched.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Manuel Carrillo, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Luis Castro, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Southwest SD lost 10-3 to Chula Vista on Tuesday.

Southwest SD saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Markus Cesar-Ramirez, who went 2-for-4 with a triple. Sebestian Martinez was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with a triple.

Sweetwater has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season. As for Southwest SD, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-16.

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