Baseball Preview: El Rancho Dons vs. La Serna Lancers
El Rancho is 2-8 against La Serna since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The El Rancho Dons will head out on the road to face off against the La Serna Lancers at 3:15 p.m. Neither El Rancho nor La Serna posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
El Rancho lost a close one when they played on Friday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Saturday was a bit more commanding. Their rough 9-2 loss to Tahquitz might stick with them for a while. El Rancho has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
El Rancho saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jimmy Silvas, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, La Serna came tearing into Saturday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Thunderbirds a 2-0 shutout.
Eddie Garcia spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
El Rancho's defeat dropped their record down to 8-14. As for La Serna, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.
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