The Strathmore Spartans will be playing at home against the Wonderful College Prep Academy Wolves at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Strathmore owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Orosi and snuck past 1-0. The victory was just what Strathmore needed coming off of an 18-3 loss in their prior matchup.
Not much got past Luke Balderama, who gave up just three hits and racked up 15 Ks to keep Orosi off the board. Balderama has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Strathmore's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jorge Ramirez, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Wonderful College Prep Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They suffered a rough 18-0 loss at the hands of Woodlake.
Strathmore's victory bumped their record up to 5-9. As for Wonderful College Prep Academy, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
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