After four games on the road, Downey is heading back home. They will take on the Salesian Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Tuesday, everything went Downey's way against Norwalk as Downey made off with an 8-2 victory.
Fabian Lopez made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Lopez has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in six consecutive pitching appearances. Lopez was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Marcos Quinonez was excellent, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Lucas Castillo, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Salesian put the finishing touches on their third blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand St. Genevieve a 6-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Salesian.
Not much got past Anthony Valdez, who gave up just one hit and racked up ten Ks to keep St. Genevieve off the board.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Phillip Chaidez, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Sergio Guzman was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Downey has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-11 record this season. As for Salesian, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Downey was able to grind out a solid victory over Salesian when the teams last played back in March of 2016, winning 9-6. Does Downey have another victory up their sleeve, or will Salesian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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