Baseball Preview: Capuchino Mustangs vs. Santa Cruz Cardinals
The Capuchino Mustangs will square off against the Santa Cruz Cardinals on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Capuchino is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Monterey 4-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Capuchino.
Declan Mendel tossed a big game, pitching 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit.
At the plate, Capuchino's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Joseph Tressitte, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Anakin Manuel, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Santa Cruz had just enough and edged Harbor out 4-2 on Tuesday.
Capuchino's win bumped their record up to 19-10. As for Santa Cruz, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-13 record this season.
Capuchino came out on top in a nail-biter against Santa Cruz in their previous meeting back in April, sneaking past 12-11. The rematch might be a little tougher for Capuchino since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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