The Soquel Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Harbor Pirates at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Soquel is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.
Soquel will head into Tuesday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Harbor on Tuesday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the 13-run defeat they were dealt on Friday. Soquel fell just short of Harbor by a score of 8-6.
Soquel saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jake Escalante, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and a double. Escalante has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Whelan, who scored a run and stole a base.
Soquel's loss dropped their record down to 13-10. As for Harbor, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-10-1 record this season.
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