Baseball Game Preview: Calaveras Red Hawks vs. Summerville Bears

By Team Reports Apr 21, 2024, 6:15am

Baseball Preview: Calaveras Red Hawks vs. Summerville Bears

Calaveras is 9-1 against Summerville since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Calaveras Red Hawks will be playing at home against the Summerville Bears at 4:00 p.m. The pair are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.

Last Friday, Calaveras got the win against Sonora by a conclusive 8-2.

Mason Moser spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on two hits and racked up 15 Ks.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jacob Campbell, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Evan Janssen was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

Meanwhile, Summerville stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They blew past Argonaut 17-7. The win was nothing new for Summerville as they're now sitting on eight straight.

Summerville also got a great performance from Titan Calise as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over 4.1 innings pitched. Calise has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in seven consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, Jarhett Whitney was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Lucca Peterson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5.

Calaveras' victory bumped their record up to 8-9. As for Summerville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.

The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Calaveras has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.8 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Summerville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3. The only question left is which team can snag more.

Everything went Calaveras' way against Summerville in their previous meeting back in March as Calaveras made off with a 12-2 win. Does Calaveras have another victory up their sleeve, or will Summerville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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