The Vintage Crushers will head out on the road to square off against the Redwood Giants at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Vintage came into this matchup off a tough six-run defeat last Thursday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Petaluma by a score of 10-8 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Crushers have suffered against the Trojans since April 13, 2022.
Bo Lode was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. That stolen base was his first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Porter, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, while it was Redwood who put the first points on the board on Friday, it was San Rafael who put up more. Redwood fell just short of San Rafael by a score of 5-4.
Matthew Knauer was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out ten batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Redwood saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Moseley, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Sam Gersch was another, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Redwood now has a losing record of 4-5-1. As for Vintage, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.
Vintage suffered a grim 11-5 defeat to Redwood in their previous matchup back in May of 2024. Can Vintage avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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