Shadow Creek won against La Porte last Tuesday with six runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. The Sharks beat the Santa Fe Indians by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 6-4. For the Sharks, this counts as revenge for the 6-0 win the Indians walked away with the last time they faced one another back in March of 2024.
Carlos Sepulveda spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and two unearned) runs on six hits.
Lubin Rincon
| 04/04/25 @ Santa Fe | 2 |
| 03/25/25 @ Pasadena Memorial | 2 |
| 03/14/25 @ Manvel | 2 |
| 03/11/25 vs Manvel | 2 |
| 03/04/25 @ Alvin | 2 |
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At the plate, the team relied heavily on Lubin Rincon, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one double. He has become a key player for Shadow Creek: the team is 5-2 when he posts at least two runs, but 7-8 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Demari Faggins, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Shadow Creek was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. The last time their batting average was this high was back in February.
The victory (which was Shadow Creek's third in a row) raised their record to 12-10. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Santa Fe, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 11-7.
Coming up, Shadow Creek will square off against Pearland at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Oilers' pitching crew has only allowed 2.5 runs per game this season, so the Sharks' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Santa Fe, they will face off against Angleton at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Indians 3.7, the Wildcats 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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