Baseball Preview: Red Bluff Spartans vs. Shasta Wolves
Red Bluff is 8-2 against Shasta since April of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Red Bluff Spartans will be playing at home against the Shasta Wolves at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Wednesday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Red Bluff had to settle for a 4-3 loss against University Prep.
Red Bluff saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Oscar Torres, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Shasta didn't have quite enough to beat Foothill on Thursday and fell 3-1.
Jayden Oliver was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Red Bluff's defeat dropped their record down to 19-9. As for Shasta, their loss was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 11-13-1.
Red Bluff was able to grind out a solid victory over Shasta in their previous matchup last Friday, winning 8-5. Does Red Bluff have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shasta turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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