Baseball Preview: Rio Hondo Bobcats vs. Lyford Bulldogs
The Rio Hondo Bobcats will head out on the road to face off against the Lyford Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Rio Hondo's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Progreso 15-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Rio Hondo.
Christopher Galvan made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Galvan has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances. Galvan was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Cesar Perea was incredible, going 1-for-1 with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base. Aidyn Flores was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Lyford entered their tilt with Santa Rosa with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. They put the hurt on the Warriors with a sharp 19-0 win on Friday.
Rio Hondo has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. As for Lyford, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-6.
Rio Hondo suffered a grim 15-3 defeat to Lyford when the teams last played last Friday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lyford's Jacob Reyna, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk). Now that Rio Hondo knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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