Charter Oak can bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Garfield Bulldogs 2-1.
Steven Haywood looked comfortable as he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (two).
At the plate, Charter Oak's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Joaquin Cervantes, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI. That RBI marked the first that Cervantes brought in this season.
Charter Oak's victory bumped their record up to 4-9. As for Garfield, with the defeat, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 8-3.
Coming up, Charter Oak will be playing in front of their home fans against Rowland at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. This will be the Chargers' first chance to prove their worth in the conference. As for Garfield, they will challenge Huntington Park at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Spartans have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 9.38 runs per game on average), something the Bulldogs will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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