For the second straight game, Leo will face off against Fenwick. The Lions are taking a road trip to challenge the Friars at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Leo has given up an average of 8.3 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
On Monday, Leo needed a bit of extra time to put away Fenwick. They won by a run and slipped past the Friars 13-12. The win was some much needed relief for the Lions as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.
For Fenwick's part, they got a good showing from Daniel Garcia, who tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. That's the fewest earned runs Garcia has allowed since back in April.
At the plate, Andrew Henderson and JJ Obaldo did some serious damage despite the final result: Henderson got on base in four of his six plate appearances with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base, while Obaldo got on base in four of his six plate appearances with two runs, two doubles, and one stolen base. Henderson is becoming a predictor of Fenwick's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 8-11-1 when he doesn't). Dutch Navigato also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.
Fenwick is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-12-1. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only one runs. As for Leo, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-6 and their overall record up to 7-13.
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