For the first time this season, Rowland will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup. They will challenge the Charter Oak Chargers at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither Rowland nor Charter Oak posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Saturday just wasn't the day for Rowland's offense. They fell just short of Notre Dame by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. The shutout was out of character for the Raiders seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in February.
Meanwhile, Charter Oak can bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged out Garfield 2-1.
Steven Haywood looked comfortable as he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (two).
At the plate, Charter Oak saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joaquin Cervantes, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI. That RBI was Cervantes' first of the season.
Charter Oak's win bumped their record up to 4-9. As for Rowland, their loss dropped their record down to 7-9.
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