The Rancho Mirage Rattlers will head out on the road to face off against the St. Bonaventure Seraphs at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Rancho Mirage is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They won by a run and slipped past Orange Vista 4-3. That's two games straight that Rancho Mirage has won by just one run.
Malakai Lopez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on four hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Rancho Mirage saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Josecarlos Ramirez, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Marcos Ceja Jr. was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but St. Bonaventure ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Mayfair. That's two games straight that St. Bonaventure has won by just one run.
St. Bonaventure also got a great performance from Diego Guzman as he tossed 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Max Peters, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Rancho Mirage has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season. As for St. Bonaventure, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-13-1.
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