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| 03/21/24 - Away | 7-0 W |
| 03/18/24 - Home | 3-1 W |
| 05/03/23 - Home | 5-3 W |
| 05/01/23 - Away | 7-1 W |
| 03/16/22 - Home | 5-2 W |
| + 5 more games |
Sylmar is 8-2 against San Fernando since March of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Sylmar Spartans will square off against the San Fernando Tigers at 3:30 p.m. Sylmar's pitching crew has only allowed 1.8 runs per game this season, so San Fernando's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Sylmar gave up the first runs last Saturday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top against Valencia by a score of 6-1.
Saul Duran was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. Timothy Sepulveda was another key player, going 1-for-2 with one stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for San Fernando, who bounced back after a loss on the road back in February. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Bravo a 3-0 shutout on Saturday. The three-run effort marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Miguel Mora and Alex Torres made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Mora pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Torres tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. That's the fewest hits Mora has allowed since back in April of 2024. At bat, Mora scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances, while Torres went a perfect 3-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI. That stolen base was Torres' first of the season.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Emiliano Salazar, who scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-1. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high.
San Fernando pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Sylmar, their record now sits at 3-1.
Everything went Sylmar's way against San Fernando in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, as Sylmar made off with a 7-0 win. Will Sylmar repeat their success, or does San Fernando have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
