The Chula Vista Spartans will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Sweetwater Red Devils at 3:30 p.m. The timing is sure in Chula Vista's favor as the squad sits on nine straight wins at home while Sweetwater has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Last Saturday, Chula Vista narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past High Tech CV 7-6. That's two games straight that Chula Vista has won by just one run.
Chula Vista got a great performance from Adrian Rodarte as he struck out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits.
At the plate, Pablo Alvarado was incredible, scoring two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Gabriel Mendoza was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but Sweetwater had to settle for a 6-4 loss against Otay Ranch on Friday.
Adam Gomez made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Manuel Carrillo, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Chula Vista is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Sweetwater, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-7.
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