Baseball Recap: Morse falls despite big games from David Simmons and Christian Fernandez

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 11:28am

Baseball Recap: Morse Tigers vs. San Diego Cavers

Morse lost against San Diego last Monday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Morse Tigers fell just short of the San Diego Cavers by a score of 7-6. Morse has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Christian Fernandez and David Simmons did some serious damage despite the final result: Fernandez scored a run while going 2-for-2, while Simmons scored a run while going 1-for-4. Miguel Aguigui was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.

Even though they lost, Morse didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as San Diego only tossed two.

On San Diego's side, Zavier Anderson tossed a big game, tossing six innings while giving up four earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. Anderson has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, TreDesiderio Simmons was incredible, firing off two home runs and seven RBI while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Justin Navarrete, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.

Morse now has a losing record at 9-10. As for San Diego, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-10.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Morse by a score of 4-2.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps