Baseball Preview: Santana Sultans vs. Steele Canyon Cougars
The Santana Sultans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Steele Canyon Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Santana will be strutting in after a victory while Steele Canyon will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Santana finally turned things around against Granite Hills on Friday. Santana never let Granite Hills onto the board and left with a 1-0 win.
Not much got past Adam Brabandt, who gave up just three hits to keep Granite Hills off the board. Brabandt has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Charles Dibble was excellent, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Steele Canyon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 15th straight defeat. They fell 8-4 to Helix.
Steele Canyon saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Seth Steinberger, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Santana's victory bumped their record up to 5-17. As for Steele Canyon, their loss dropped their record down to 4-18.
Santana beat Steele Canyon 4-1 in their previous matchup on April 4th. Does Santana have another victory up their sleeve, or will Steele Canyon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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