Rio Mesa was the 5-3 winner over Ventura when they last played one another back in April of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Spartans fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday.
Rio Mesa saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Damien Valdez, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
Rio Mesa dropped their record down to 5-17-1 with the defeat, which was their ninth straight on the road. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only three runs. As for Ventura, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 17-6-1.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: the Cougars beat Rio Mesa by a score of 11-1 on Friday.
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