Baseball Recap: Silver Creek falls despite strong effort from Michael Fonseca

By Team Reports May 4, 2024, 6:54am

Baseball Recap: Silver Creek Raiders vs. Gilroy Mustangs

The matchup between Silver Creek and Gilroy on Friday hardly resembled the 3-0 effort from their previous meeting. The Silver Creek Raiders lost 20-8 to the Gilroy Mustangs. Silver Creek was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Gilroy apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played last Wednesday.

Michael Fonseca was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Keith Truong was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.

On Gilroy's side, Evan Passama was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with five RBI, two doubles, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Martinez, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.

Silver Creek dropped their record down to 8-15 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Gilroy, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-20.

Silver Creek will challenge Evergreen Valley at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Gilroy, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Hill at 4:00 p.m. Gilroy is facing Hill at the right time seeing as Hill is stuck on an 11-game losing streak.

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