Spanish River is 0-3 against American Heritage since February of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Spanish River Sharks have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the American Heritage Stallions at 6:30 p.m. Spanish River will be strutting in after a win while American Heritage will be coming in after a defeat.
Spanish River has not done well against Santaluces recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Spanish River sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 victory over Santaluces.
Dovydas Raciunas and Jason Rothberg dominated on the mound. Raciunas pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits, while Rothberg didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Spanish River let Jesse Chimenti and Moshe Presberg loose on the outfield. Chimenti scored a run while going 2-for-5, while Presberg scored two runs while going 3-for-6.
Meanwhile, American Heritage didn't have quite enough to beat Dr. Joaquin Garcia on Tuesday and fell 4-2. American Heritage has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
American Heritage also got a good showing from Brady Snow, who struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Snow has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, American Heritage saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Fernandez, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Even though they lost, American Heritage didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 15 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Dr. Joaquin Garcia only tossed five.
Spanish River's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-6. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs per game. As for American Heritage, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.
Spanish River suffered a grim 17-0 defeat to American Heritage when the teams last played back in March of 2022. Can Spanish River avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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