Rialto is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Summit is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Rialto Knights will take on the Summit SkyHawks at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Rialto: 3.4, Summit: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
While Rialto has not struggled against Kaiser recently, they managed to flip the script on Thursday. Rialto came out on top in a nail-biter against Kaiser and snuck past 7-5.
Rialto's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Izzeah Zepeda, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Zepeda has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Cuellar, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Summit beat Marina 8-5 on Saturday.
Kody Smathers looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Isaac Castanon, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Evan Spencer, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Rialto's victory bumped their record up to 9-5. As for Summit, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season.
Rialto might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Summit in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Summit's Dylan Harrison, who struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and not a single walk). Now that Rialto knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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