The Aptos Mariners will head out on the road to square off against the San Lorenzo Valley Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Aptos is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.
Aptos easily dispatched Santa Cruz on Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Mariners fell just short of Scotts Valley by a score of 5-3 on Thursday. The Mariners' defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Aptos saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lilly Mcgee, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double. Kailani Aguayo was another, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 17 runs the game before, San Lorenzo Valley was a bit more limited in their game on Tuesday. They fell just short of Scotts Valley by a score of 3-2. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Falcons recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
San Lorenzo Valley's loss dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Aptos, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-6.
Everything went Aptos' way against San Lorenzo Valley in their previous meeting back in April, as Aptos made off with a 9-2 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Mariners since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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