The Fremont Pathfinders will head out on the road to face off against the Harbor Teacher Monarchs at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Fremont is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
Fremont fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against King/Drew on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Golden Eagles by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty 20 runs in the game before, Fremont couldn't push the score so high this time.
Christopher Pineda spent all 7.1 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three runs (all of which were unearned) on seven hits.
At the plate, Fremont saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was James Harris VI, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Harbor Teacher gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. They put the hurt on Locke with a sharp 15-4 win. 15 seems to be a good number for Harbor Teacher as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
John Perea Jr looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and not a single walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Harbor Teacher got a massive performance out of Jonathan Garcia, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, a triple, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Garcia, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Fremont's defeat dropped their record down to 12-7. As for Harbor Teacher, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-3.
Fremont came up short against Harbor Teacher in their previous matchup on April 11th, falling 8-5. Can Fremont avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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