Baseball Recap: Chaffey Tigers vs. Jurupa Valley Jaguars
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Chaffey can now relate to. They lost 15-2 to the Jurupa Valley Jaguars on Tuesday. Chaffey was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Jurupa Valley apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in February.
Chaffey saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brandon Kness, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
On Jurupa Valley's side, Nathan Martinez and Francisco Urena did most of the damage at the plate: Martinez scored five runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Urena scored three runs and stole three bases while going 4-for-5. Jesse Barbosa was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Chaffey's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-8-2. As for Jurupa Valley, the win (which was their 12th in a row) raised their record to 18-6-1.
Chaffey does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Jurupa Valley, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Oxford Academy at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Jurupa Valley's favor as the squad sits on five straight wins at home while Oxford Academy has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
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