Baseball Preview: Strathmore Spartans vs. Corcoran Panthers
Strathmore is 2-8 against Corcoran since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Strathmore Spartans will be playing at home against the Corcoran Panthers at 4:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
On Friday, Strathmore came up short against Woodlake and fell 5-2. Strathmore has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Strathmore saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Balderama, who went 1-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Corcoran didn't have quite enough to beat Lindsay on Friday and fell 4-2. Corcoran has not had much luck with Lindsay recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Strathmore's defeat dropped their record down to 10-14. As for Corcoran, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-10.
Strathmore came up short against Corcoran when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 6-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Corcoran's Brayden Espinoza, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over 5.1 innings pitched. Now that Strathmore knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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