Vintage and Casa Grande are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2016, but likely not for long. The Vintage Crushers will be playing at home against the Casa Grande Gauchos at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Vintage: 3.4, Casa Grande: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Casa Grande is hoping to do on Tuesday what Sonoma Valley couldn't on Friday: put an end to Vintage's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Vintage's pitchers stepped up to hand Sonoma Valley a 4-0 shutout.
Charlie Alcayaga tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Vintage let John Bullock and Ian Fernandez loose on the outfield. Bullock scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Fernandez scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of James Burgess, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Casa Grande sidestepped San Ramon Valley for a 7-6 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Casa Grande.
Brady Laubscher looked comfortable as he pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Casa Grande's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Danny Mercado, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Vintage pushed their record up to 13-8 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Casa Grande, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
Vintage came out on top in a nail-biter against Casa Grande in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, sneaking past 3-1. Will Vintage repeat their success, or does Casa Grande have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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