The home team had won the previous five meetings between Santa Clara and Fremont, and Fremont kept the tradition alive. The Santa Clara Bruins fell 6-2 to the Fremont Firebirds on Tuesday. The match marked the Bruins' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Andrew Traffas was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with one home run and two RBI. That home run marked the first that he launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Dominick Chavarria, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Santa Clara's loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 6-2. As for Fremont, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Santa Clara will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Saratoga at 4:00 p.m. Santa Clara is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.4 runs per game this season. As for Fremont, they will venture away from home to take on Cupertino at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Fremont's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so Cupertino's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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