If Capistrano Valley was riding high fresh off their 10-1 takedown of Costa Mesa last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Capistrano Valley Cougars took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Fountain Valley Barons on Wednesday. The Cougars were not able to make up for their loss to the Barons from their previous meeting back in March of 2016.
Kyler Smith was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one home run and four RBI. That home run was his first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Talon Spencer, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Capistrano Valley now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Fountain Valley, their win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0.
Coming up, Capistrano Valley will host Northwood at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Northwood's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Capistrano Valley's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Fountain Valley, they will challenge Tesoro at 3:00 p.m. on Friday.
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