In what has become a running theme this season, Spanish River delivered another big win for its fans on Thursday. They hurt the Olympic Heights Lions with an 8-2 victory. Eight seems like a good number for Spanish River, as the teams won the previous game by the same number of points.
Dovydas Ratunas pitched two innings and looked comfortable with two hits and zero earned runs (no walks allowed).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Brennan Barzai, who went 3-for-3 with four RBIs. Jesse Chimenti was also a key contributor, reaching base in three of his four at-bats, scoring an RBI and stealing a base.
On the Olympic Heights side, Ryan Kessner had a great performance, pitching two innings and allowing no runs on two hits (he only allowed one walk). Kesner has been consistent lately, not allowing more than two hits in three consecutive innings pitched.
Although they lost, Olympic Heights didn't let batters stay at the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. This is the most strikeouts they have recorded all season.
Spanish River's record now stands at 7 wins and 6 losses. Olympic Heights has lost six straight games and is now 2-6.
Spanish River's next game is a little ways away, so they'll have time to enjoy the victory. They will play Santa Luces on March 26 at 6:30 p.m. As for Olympic Heights, they are scheduled to depart for a matchup against St. John Paul II Academy on Monday at 5:30 p.m. St. John Paul II Academy's pitching staff has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Olympic Heights hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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