The Santa Fe Raiders will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Arnold Marlins at 7:00 p.m. Santa Fe is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Santa Fe is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Menendez as Santa Fe made off with a 14-3 win. Considering Santa Fe has won eight matches by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Dylan Lovelace made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Lovelace was also big at the plate, going 4-for-4 with five RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Santa Fe let Angel Irizarry and Cooper Ruppert loose on the outfield. Irizarry scored three runs while going 2-for-3, while Ruppert scored four runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Evan Christmas, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Arnold lost 7-1 to South Walton on Thursday. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Arnold has scored all season.
Arnold saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Bean, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Santa Fe has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-12 record this season. As for Arnold, their loss dropped their record down to 21-5.
Santa Fe couldn't quite finish off Arnold when the teams last played back in May of 2021 and fell 6-4. Thankfully for Santa Fe, Carson Dorsey (who struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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