Baseball Game Preview: Sumner Stingrays vs. Alonso Ravens

The Sumner Stingrays will challenge the Alonso Ravens at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.

Sumner proved they can win big on Monday (they won by six) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Steinbrenner 6-5. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Stingrays have posted since February 27th.

Eric Farmer

Hits (Career)

04/10/25 @ Steinbrenner	2
04/03/25 @ Spoto	1
03/29/25 vs Blake	1
03/25/25 @ East Bay	1
03/06/25 @ Spoto	1

Eric Farmer was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and one RBI. Those two hits gave him a new career-high.

Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Alonso ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 win over Wharton. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Alonso also got a great performance from Bryan Alonso as he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Daniel Despaine, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. He also put up an RBI, which was his first of the season. Raymond Llanes was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.

Sumner is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 11-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.4 runs over those games. As for Alonso, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-9.

Sumner suffered a grim 10-2 defeat to Alonso in their previous meeting back in March. Can the Stingrays avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.