Baseball Recap: Laguna Creek Cardinals vs. River City Raiders
In what's become a running theme this season, Laguna Creek gave their fans yet another huge victory on Monday. They blew past the River City Raiders 12-3. Laguna Creek's win was all the more impressive since River City was averaging only 2.94 runs allowed on the season.
Ty Collum spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on six hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Laguna Creek got a big performance out of Jacob Halseth, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Brendan Fitzgerald, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
On River City's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaelen Fuller, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Laguna Creek is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for River City, their loss dropped their record down to 10-7.
Laguna Creek will be playing at home against Bradshaw Christian at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. As for River City, they will head out on the road to challenge Kennedy at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Kennedy is on a four-game streak of home wins, River City a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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