Baseball Preview: Coronado Dons vs. Cortez Colts
The Coronado Dons will head out on the road to take on the Cortez Colts at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Coronado is no doubt hoping to put an end to an 11-game streak of away losses.
Coronado's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Deer Valley on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 29-0 walloping at the hands of the Skyhawks. Having soared to a lofty 14 runs in the game before, Coronado's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Alexander Bustamante made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and fired off three triples while going 4-for-2.
Meanwhile, Cortez scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Thursday. They put the hurt on Coronado with a sharp 23-14 victory. With that win, Cortez brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Andrew Alvarez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Alvarez was even better at the plate, going 3-for-5 with four runs, four RBI, and a double.
In other batting news, Julian Bernal was a standout: he went 4-for-6 with five RBI, three runs, and a triple. Aeryk Snyder was another key contributor, scoring four runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances.
Coronado's loss dropped their record down to 2-18. As for Cortez, their victory bumped their record up to 8-16.
Coronado might still be hurting after the 23-14 defeat they got from Cortez in their previous meeting on Thursday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cortez's Kriztian Visuet, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-5. Now that Coronado knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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