Gardena can finally bid farewell to their five-game losing streak thanks to their game on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Canoga Park Hunters 8-7. That's more bragging rights for Gardena, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Anthony Garcia was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over 4.2 innings pitched. Garcia was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-5.
In other pitching news, Bradley Ezquivel tossed a big game, tossing 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, Daniel Serna was incredible, scoring two runs while going 4-for-6. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordy Hernandez, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
On Canoga Park's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Albert Mestas, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Even though they lost, Canoga Park was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .571. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Gardena only posted a batting average of .308.
Gardena's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-16. As for Canoga Park, their defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-9-1.
Gardena will look to defend their home field on Monday against Narbonne at 3:00 p.m. As for Canoga Park, they will head out on the road to square off against Reseda at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Canoga Park is facing Reseda at the right time seeing as Reseda is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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