Tuesday, May 12, 2026 · Regions Field · Final

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48-48 · L10 6-4

3–2
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37-60 · L10 4-6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
RCT 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 1
BIR 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
WP Chris Cortez (4-2) LP Jairo Iriarte (3-3) SV Kenyon Yovan (7)

Stars of the game

Jake Palisch Carlos Espinosa Jose Gonzalez

Season matchup

RCT leads 7 of 8 categories

RCT Metric BIR
Offense
4.79 25th Runs scored per game 5.11 16th
Pitching
4.68 2nd Runs allowed per game 6.01 29th
Roster
25.0 6th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 24.4 15th
Results
.500 16th Winning percentage .381 29th
11 13th Run differential -87 26th
.511 13th Pythagorean winning percentage .427 26th
.367 27th Winning percentage in one-run games .308 30th
.520 15th Home winning percentage .413 27th
.478 17th Road winning percentage .353 29th

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Kyren Paris CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .527
2 Nick Rodriguez 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .272 .726
3 Gustavo Campero C 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .287 .830
4 Raudi Rodriguez RF 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 .267 .806
5 Matthew Lugo LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258 .788
6 Tucker Flint 1B 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 .246 .770
7 Harold Coll 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .172 .533
8 Cole Fontenelle DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .535
9 Mac McCroskey SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .215 .630
Team 31 3 7 0 2 2 6 .226 .563
LOB:
11
2B:
Campero, Flint
SB:
Campero, Lugo
GIDP:
Paris, Coll
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Jose Gonzalez 4.1 3 2 1 3 2 0 76-44 5.84 1.34
Carlos Espinosa 1.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 30-20 3.28 1.07
Leonard Garcia 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7-5 4.50 1.13
Chris Cortez W 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 20-13 6.23 1.94
Kenyon Yovan SV 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10-8 3.72 1.10
Team 9.0 4 2 1 5 10 0 143-90 1.00 1.00

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Samuel Zavala CF 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .215 .702
Drake Logan LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 .723
2 Colby Shelton 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .208 .707
3 Alec Briley DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .259 .834
4 Anthony DePino 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .270 .852
5 Jacob Burke CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 .704
6 Jeral Perez 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .180 .563
7 Wilfred Veras RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .219 .631
8 Calvin Harris C 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .223 .694
9 Jordan Sprinkle SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .277 .709
Team 30 2 4 0 1 5 10 .133 .457
LOB:
16
2B:
Shelton, Sprinkle
SB:
Zavala, Sprinkle
CS:
Zavala
GIDP:
Burke
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Jake Palisch 6.0 6 2 1 1 5 0 83-56 5.42 1.67
Jonathan Clark 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13-8 3.10 1.48
Jairo Iriarte L 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 17-10 2.28 1.10
Team 9.0 7 3 2 2 6 0 113-74 2.00 1.00