Baseball Recap: Payette Pirates vs. McCall-Donnelly Vandals
Payette won the last time they faced McCall-Donnelly, and things went their way on Monday too. The Payette Pirates walked away with a 6-2 win over the McCall-Donnelly Vandals.
Jahzyon Sylva made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Sylva was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
In other batting news, Jaxon Rodriguez was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Darrien Pecunia, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3.
On McCall-Donnelly's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Owen Naugle, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a double and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Cole Naugle, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, McCall-Donnelly didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. This was only their ninth loss (out of 11 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Payette's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-9. As for McCall-Donnelly, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-13.
Payette is on the road again on Wednesday to play Parma at 4:00 p.m. Payette is facing Parma at the right time seeing as Parma is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for McCall-Donnelly, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Homedale at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Homedale's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so McCall-Donnelly's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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