Baseball Preview: de Toledo Jaguars vs. Shalhevet Firehawks
De Toledo is 8-0 against Shalhevet since March of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The de Toledo Jaguars have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Shalhevet Firehawks at 3:00 p.m. Shalhevet took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on de Toledo, who comes in off a win.
In what's become a running theme this season, de Toledo gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. They put the hurt on Reseda with a sharp 15-2 victory. The win was just what de Toledo needed coming off of an 11-1 loss in their prior game.
Keller Slotnick made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Slotnick was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Jake Schultz was a standout: he went 2-for-2 with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jona Mass, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Shalhevet fell victim to a rough 11-2 defeat at the hands of Milken back in March.
Shalhevet saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Adam Sandler, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
De Toledo is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8-1 record this season. As for Shalhevet, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Everything went de Toledo's way against Shalhevet in their previous matchup back in April of 2021 as de Toledo made off with a 7-0 victory. Will de Toledo repeat their success, or does Shalhevet have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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