Ontario was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They fell just short of the Don Lugo Conquistadores by a score of 4-3. That's two games in a row now that Ontario has lost by just one run.
Ontario saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Julian Ferri?o, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5.
Even though they lost, Ontario didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. This was only their 11th loss (out of 16 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
On Don Lugo's side, they got a great performance from David Rivera as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits.
Ontario's loss dropped their record down to 5-13-1. As for Don Lugo, their win bumped their record up to 11-13-1.
While Ontario had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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