Baseball Recap: Monte Vista Monarchs vs. Lincoln Cardinals
Monte Vista can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Lincoln Cardinals as the Monte Vista Monarchs made off with a 9-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Monte Vista.
Gavin Daley was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Daley has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Daley was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on David Aceron, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Reuben Cabugwas, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Monte Vista is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-3-1 record this season. As for Lincoln, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-5.
Monte Vista will head out on the road to square off against El Capitan at 4:00 p.m. on April 4th. Monte Vista's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so El Capitan's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Lincoln, they will be playing at home against McDaniel at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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