If Vasquez was riding high fresh off their 13-6 takedown of Faith Baptist on Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Mustangs fell just short of the Palmdale Falcons by a score of 5-4 on Saturday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last six times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Joshua Bauer put in work while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Bauer was also solid in the batter's box, going a perfect 1-for-1 with two runs and one stolen base.
Bauer wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Vince Ortiz, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and two RBI.
Vasquez's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-5. As for Palmdale, their win bumped their record up to 7-17.
Looking ahead, Vasquez will challenge Trinity Classical Academy at 3:15 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Mustangs 3.4, the Knights 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. Palmdale does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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