Baseball Game Recap: La Joya Community Fighting Lobos vs. Verrado Vipers

By Team Reports Mar 23, 2024, 8:40am

Recap: La Joya Community Fighting Lobos vs. Verrado Vipers

La Joya Community lost against Verrado back in March of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The La Joya Community Fighting Lobos' rough 13-2 loss to the Verrado Vipers might stick with them for a while. La Joya Community has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

La Joya Community saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alexander Ortiz, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.

On Verrado's side, Adrian Imperial spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on two hits and racked up six Ks.

At the plate, Verrado got a massive performance out of Sam Hess, who went 1-for-2 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ranger Knudson, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

La Joya Community's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Verrado, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-10.

While La Joya Community 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 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday.

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