Baseball Recap: Castle Park Takes a Loss

Castle Park extended their losing streak to five on Thursday, dropping their season record down to 6-13 in the process. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 1-0 heartbreaker at the hands of the Mar Vista Mariners. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Mariners this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 8-3 on Tuesday.

As for Mar Vista, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 10-11. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games.

For Mar Vista's part, not much got past Peter Thomas, who gave up just a hit and racked up 14 Ks to keep Castle Park off the board. Thomas is becoming a predictor of the Mariners' success: when he allows at most one hit the team is undefeated (and 6-11 when he doesn't).

On the hitting side, Mar Vista's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Daniel Snow, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run and one double. That's the most hits Snow has posted since back in March.

Castle Park didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 12-4 loss against Chula Vista on the 29th. As for Mar Vista, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 2-1 win against Southwest SD on the 29th.