Ontario is 2-8 against Don Lugo since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Ontario Jaguars will head out on the road to challenge the Don Lugo Conquistadores at 3:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Ontario will face Don Lugo after dropping another heartbreaker against Chino on Thursday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 2.1 runs of beating them. Ontario fell just short of Chino by a score of 2-1.
Ontario saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Damian Lua, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Emiliano Guido, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Ontario didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their tenth loss (out of 15 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Don Lugo was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of California by a score of 5-3.
Joshua Morales made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Ontario's loss dropped their record down to 5-12-1. As for Don Lugo, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-13-1.
Ontario came up short against Don Lugo in their previous matchup back in March, falling 6-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Don Lugo's Dom Elias, who struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. Now that Ontario knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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