Baseball Preview: Rancho Cotate Cougars vs. Cardinal Newman Cardinals
Rancho Cotate has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Cardinal Newman Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rancho Cotate's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Cardinal Newman's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Rancho Cotate will head into Tuesday's game out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Tuesday after soaring to a six-point contest in their last game. They fell just short of Cardinal Newman by a score of 5-3.
Devon Laguinto spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned (and two unearned) runs on three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Rancho Cotate saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Syrus Olvera, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Rancho Cotate now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Cardinal Newman, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
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