Baseball Game Preview: Casa Grande Gauchos vs. Sonoma Valley Dragons

By Team Reports Apr 13, 2025, 1:10am

Baseball Preview: Casa Grande Gauchos vs. Sonoma Valley Dragons

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Previous Games

04/11/24 - Home3-0 W
04/09/24 - Away5-3 W
05/08/23 - Home4-1 W
04/11/23 - Away8-1 W
04/15/22 - Home11-1 W
+ 5 more games

Casa Grande has gone 9-1 against Sonoma Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Gauchos will welcome the Dragons at 4:00 p.m. Neither Casa Grande nor Sonoma Valley posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Casa Grande is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering American Canyon just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Wolves by a score of 3-2.

Casa Grande saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Rice, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.

Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for Sonoma Valley's offense. They lost 12-0 to San Rafael on Saturday. Dragons fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Bulldogs since on Saturday.

Sonoma Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 4-13. As for Casa Grande, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 12-3.

Sonoma Valley's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Tuesday. Casa Grande has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.9 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Sonoma Valley, though, as they've been averaging only 3.5 strikeouts. Will Casa Grande keep running through batters, or will the Dragons buck the trend?

Casa Grande was able to grind out a solid win over Sonoma Valley in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, winning 3-0. Do the Gauchos have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Dragons turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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