After a string of 11 wins, Carson's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of the San Pedro Pirates by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, Carson couldn't push the score so high this time.
Johnny Mu?oz was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double. Sergio Padilla was another key contributor, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a double.
Even though they lost, Carson didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as San Pedro only tossed five.
On San Pedro's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aidan McCroskey, who went 2-for-2 with a triple and an RBI.
Carson's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-8. As for San Pedro, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-13 record this season.
While Carson 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 3:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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