Baseball Preview: El Capitan Gauchos vs. Oakdale Mustangs
The El Capitan Gauchos will head out on the road to square off against the Oakdale Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. El Capitan is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last six games.
El Capitan's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Monday, when they got past Ripon's usually-dominant pitching crew. El Capitan was the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over Ripon.
Fabian Sotelo tossed a big game, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, El Capitan got a massive performance out of Cristian Nava, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Juan Munoz, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, Oakdale unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Sierra.
Oakdale also got a good showing from Colby Crofts, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Oakdale saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maddox Dias, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
El Capitan's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-11. As for Oakdale, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-6.
El Capitan suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Oakdale when the teams last played back in May of 2019. Thankfully for El Capitan, Brett Maddock (who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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