North Salinas is 0-7 against Soledad since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The North Salinas Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Soledad Aztecs at 4:00 p.m. Soledad took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on North Salinas, who comes in off a win.
North Salinas took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They skirted past Alisal 5-4.
North Salinas saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Preston Hobbs, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Zackary Sims, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Soledad unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 6-2 to Stevenson.
Even though they lost, Soledad 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 Stevenson only tossed four.
North Salinas' win bumped their record up to 3-6. As for Soledad, their loss dropped their record down to 15-4.
North Salinas might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Soledad when the teams last played back in March of 2022. Thankfully for North Salinas, Eric Segura (who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over six innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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