The Capuchino Mustangs will square off against the Santa Cruz Cardinals on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Capuchino is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Monterey 4-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Capuchino.
Declan Mendel tossed a big game, pitching 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit.
At the plate, Capuchino's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Joseph Tressitte, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Anakin Manuel, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Santa Cruz had just enough and edged Harbor out 4-2 on Tuesday.
Capuchino's win bumped their record up to 19-10. As for Santa Cruz, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-13 record this season.
Capuchino came out on top in a nail-biter against Santa Cruz in their previous meeting back in April, sneaking past 12-11. The rematch might be a little tougher for Capuchino since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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