Baseball Preview: Ripon Indians vs. El Capitan Gauchos
Ripon is 0-3 against El Capitan since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Ripon Indians will head out on the road to challenge the El Capitan Gauchos at 4:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Ripon: 3.3, El Capitan: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Thursday, Ripon narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Hilmar 4-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Ripon.
Meanwhile, El Capitan waltzed into their match on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They had just enough and edged the Thunder out 3-2.
Matthew McQuillen made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. McQuillen has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances. McQuillen was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
In other pitching news, Fabian Sotelo looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive pitching appearances.
McQuillen wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Braylen Centeno, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Ripon's record now sits at 15-7. As for El Capitan, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-11 record this season.
Ripon came up short against El Capitan in their previous meeting back in March of 2022, falling 9-6. Can Ripon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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