The Shepherds lost to the East LA Dodgers by the score of 7-5 to bring their record down to 4-3 after two straight losses.
Andrew Lujan was seeing the ball well all game as he went 5-5 with four singles and a home run bringing his average to .429 on the year.
Ritter Steinmann Came on in relief of starter Charlie Pierce and kept the Shepherds in the game, throwing five innings, allowing one run and striking out five.
Andrew Lujan began the second inning with a blast over the right field fence to give the sheps the lead before three singles would extend the lead. Sam Rudd shot the RBI single into right to bring KJ Moo-Young in from third as the Sheps scored two in the second.
After a three pitch first inning by starting pitcher Charlie Pierce, The Sheps struggled to get out of the second throwing 41 pitches as the Dodgers scored five runs. After retiring the first five batters, the Dodgers got four hits, two errors and a walk, all with two outs to lead the game by a score of 5-2 going in the third inning.
The Dodgers would add another in the third before three innings of scoreless ball took the sheps into the seventh inning down 6-2.
The Shepherds would get one back in the seventh and two in the eighth as Shane Poe hit a double down the left field line before stealing third and scoring on a ground out to the shortstop in the seventh.
Andrew Lujan got his fourth hit of the game in the eighth as he was brought around to score before KJ Moo-Young also scored on a throwing error by the shortstop to make the score 6-5 in the 8th.
The Dodgers would stifle the comeback as they scored a run in the bottom half of the 8th and closed it out in the top of the ninth to end the game with the score of 7-5.
The Sheps look to bounce back tomorrow against the Arroyo Seco Sentinels at 4:00 PM at Jackie Robinson Baseball Stadium in Pasadena,CA. To stay up to date on all things Shepherds baseball follow us on Instagram (@shepherds_baseball), Twitter (@SoCalShpherds), Facebook (Southern California FCA Baseball) and our new Tiktok (@Shepherdsbaseball).