Baseball Recap: Rancho Alamitos Vaqueros vs. Coastal Christian Conquerors
With a playoff game on the line, Rancho Alamitos rose to the challenge on Thursday. They blew past the Coastal Christian Conquerors 9-1. The victory was nothing new for Rancho Alamitos as they're now sitting on four straight.
Henry Garcia made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over 4.1 innings pitched. Garcia has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Garcia was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Luis Solorzano, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Rancho Alamitos pushed their record up to 15-9 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Coastal Christian, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-10.
Rancho Alamitos will head out on the road to take on San Bernardino at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in San Bernardino's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last four games. Coastal Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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