Baseball Preview: Santa Rosa Lions vs. McCurdy Bobcats
The Santa Rosa Lions will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the McCurdy Bobcats at 4:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
McCurdy is hoping to do on Thursday what Pecos couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Santa Rosa's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Santa Rosa blew past Pecos 15-6.
Meanwhile, McCurdy was not the first on the board last Monday, but they got there more often. Everything went their way against Mora as McCurdy made off with a 14-4 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for McCurdy.
Carlos Garcia made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Garcia was even better at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Jeremaya Roybal was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Celestino Salazar-Archuleta, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Santa Rosa's victory bumped their record up to 20-2. As for McCurdy, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7-1 record this season.
Everything went Santa Rosa's way against McCurdy when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Santa Rosa made off with a 17-1 win. Does Santa Rosa have another victory up their sleeve, or will McCurdy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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