Santiago Lopez was dynamite on Monday, pitching 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his third in a row with less than one earned run. This season, he has an ERA of 1.29 over 16.3 innings pitched.
Even though Lopez couldn't lead River Islands over Venture Academy, he won't have to wait long to try again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. River Islands will be headed into this one with a sizable disadvantage in the rankings (they're ranked 602 places lower in California), but they're not letting that get them down. Will they be able to pull off an upset behind Lopez? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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