The Foothill Knights will square off against the Don Lugo Conquistadores at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Foothill 2.1, Don Lugo 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Foothill fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Cypress on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Centurions by a score of 6-5. The Knights' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Foothill saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gavin Lauridsen, who went 4-for-5 with one home run and three RBI. That's the most hits Lauridsen has posted since back in April of 2024. Another was Daniel Troncale, who went 1-for-5 with one home run.
Lauridsen wasn't the only one working in the home run department: Foothill lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Don Lugo got themselves on the board against Diamond Ranch on Friday, but Diamond Ranch never followed suit. They were the clear victor by a 13-0 margin over the Panthers. The Conquistadores' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
David Rivera looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Don Lugo let Bryan Scott and Nolan Chavez run wild. Scott went 2-for-3 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run, while Chavez scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-2. That stolen base marked the first that Scott snagged this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Joseph Valencia, who scored three runs while going 1-for-2.
The victory made it two in a row for Don Lugo and bumps their season record up to 2-3. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 7.5 strikeouts in those games compared to only four in the others. As for Foothill, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 6-2.
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