The Santa Cruz Cardinals will head out on the road to square off against the Aptos Mariners at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Aptos took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Santa Cruz, who comes in off a win.
It was a proper cat-fight when Santa Cruz took on San Lorenzo Valley on Friday. The Cardinals put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 7-1 win. The Cardinals haven't had any issues with the Cougars recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 15 runs the game before, Aptos was a bit more limited in their game on Monday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Soquel. The Mariners haven't had much luck with the Knights recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Aptos saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Damien Espinoza, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double.
Aptos' defeat dropped their record down to 10-14. As for Santa Cruz, their win bumped their record up to 13-11.
Santa Cruz beat Aptos 8-3 when the teams last played back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cardinals since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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