It was close, but on Monday the Merced Bears sidestepped the Los Banos Tigers for a 3-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bears.
Merced has now won five of their last six games on the road. That gives them an 8-7 record this season. That said, the team wasn't facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 1-3 Golden Valley and 10-15 Los Banos (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 36.7% over those games). As for Los Banos, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-9.
We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Merced will take on their in-conference opponent Atwater at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Los Banos is set to face off against their familiar foe Golden Valley at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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