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Evan Zesati & Rider Gardner Combine on Mound to Lead Arroyo Seco Royals to 4-2 Sunset League Victory at East LA Dodgers

Jul 23 2022 07:48:01

Baseball:

After Friday’s 4-2 victory over the East Los Angeles Dodgers Gray team, the Arroyo Seco Sentinels have an interesting weekend ahead.

With three Sunset League games to play, ASR sits just one-half game back of the third-place Quakes Baseball Academy, and one-game back of the second-place Field Rats.

And the Royals and Field Rats meet up for a doubleheader on Sunday.

Evan Zesati went six innings for ASR, allowing two runs on five hits.

Zesati walked three and struck out three Dodgers’ batters.

Rider Gardner went three scoreless innings to earn the save.

Gardner allowed two hits, didn’t issue a walk and fanned four.

Tommy Goldbranson singled, hit a solo HR and scored twice.

Eddie Morales walked and singled twice.

Brett Abudayveh walked and singled for the Dodgers.

Wyatt Thames went 2-for-4 in Friday’s loss.

Claudio Corrales went eight innings and allowed four runs (two earned) on 10 hits.

Corrales walked one and struck out five in the loss.

Andres Garcia homered, drove in three runs and scored twice for the Royals.

Diego Frey singled, doubled and had one RBI.

Josh Hernandez singled twice and scored.

Alex Marquez singled and scored.

Jordan Zuniga doubled, and Jackson Slipock walked twice.

Agustin Gutierrez and Brennan Buckley had one single apiece for Arroyo Seco.

Box Score:
ASR: 0-0-0-2-1-0-0-1-0-(4)
ELADG: 1-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-(2)

Win: Evan Zesati
Loss: Claudio Corrales
Save: Rider Gardner

HR: Andres Garcia (ASR); Tommy Goldbranson (ELADG)
2B: Jordan Zuniga (ASR), Diego Frey (ASR)

Records: ASR (12-9); ELADG (8-14)

Royals Remaining Schedule:
Sat: Royals at Ventura County Bucs at 4:30
Sun: Royals vs Field Rats at 3:30 (Glendale Sports Complex)
Sun: Royals vs Field Rats at 6 (Glendale Sports Complex)

Quakes Baseball Academy Remaining Schedule:
Sat: Field Rats at Quakes at 1

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