If Rancho Cotate was feeling good off their 8-2 takedown of Santa Rosa last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Rancho Cotate Cougars took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Ukiah Wildcats on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for Rancho Cotate in their matchups with Ukiah: they've now lost five in a row.
Rancho Cotate saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Syrus Olvera, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Rancho Cotate didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ukiah only tossed three.
Rancho Cotate's loss dropped their record down to 10-12. As for Ukiah, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season.
While Rancho Cotate had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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