Baseball Game Recap: Rialto Knights vs. Jurupa Hills Spartans

By Team Reports Apr 24, 2024, 8:56am

Baseball Recap: Rialto Knights vs. Jurupa Hills Spartans

Rialto owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. They skirted past the Jurupa Hills Spartans 2-0. Winning may never get old, but Rialto sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.

Izzeah Zepeda was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Zepeda was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.

Zepeda wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Cuellar, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.

On Jurupa Hills' side, Orlando Nunez was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.

Rialto's victory bumped their record up to 12-8. As for Jurupa Hills, they have been struggling recently as they've lost 13 of their last 15 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-17 record this season.

Rialto will have a chance to go back-to-back against Jurupa Hills: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:45 p.m. on Friday.

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