Friday, July 3, 2026 · City Stadium · Final

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50-47 · L10 6-4

3–0
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42-57 · L10 2-8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
FAY 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 4 0
HC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
WP Javier Perez (6-4) LP Evan Chrest (1-1) SV Rafael Gonzalez (1)

Stars of the game

Javier Perez Ryan DeSanto Rafael Gonzalez

Season matchup

FAY leads 8 of 8 categories

FAY Metric HC
Offense
5.23 22nd Runs scored per game 5.05 27th
Pitching
5.35 11th Runs allowed per game 6.30 25th
Roster
21.0 23rd Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 20.4 27th
Results
.515 14th Winning percentage .424 26th
-12 19th Run differential -124 28th
.489 19th Pythagorean winning percentage .400 28th
.607 3rd Winning percentage in one-run games .600 4th
.510 17th Home winning percentage .444 27th
.522 9th Road winning percentage .400 24th

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 Anthony Huezo CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .247 .856
2 Xavier Neyens SS 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .240 .911
3 Waner Luciano 3B 4 1 1 1 3 0 1 .262 .819
4 Arturo Flores C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .247 .822
5 Josh Wakefield RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .263 .736
6 Carlos Cauro 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .282 .840
7 Hector Salas DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .199 .617
8 Kenni Gomez LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .189 .513
9 German Ramirez 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .225 .605
Team 30 3 4 1 3 3 10 .133 .502
LOB:
7
2B:
Huezo
HR:
Luciano
SB:
Huezo, Wakefield
CS:
Wakefield
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Javier Perez W 5.0 2 0 0 0 9 0 66-48 3.71 0.96
Rafael Gonzalez SV 4.0 1 0 0 3 5 0 65-35 8.85 2.16
Team 9.0 3 0 0 3 14 0 131-83 0.00 0.67

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Jonathan Martinez 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .245 .783
2 Gabriel Rodriguez SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .213 .654
3 Juneiker Caceres CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .320 .956
4 Cannon Peebles C 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .214 .779
5 Riley Nelson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .188 .604
6 Yeiferth Castillo LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .240 .611
7 Luis De La Cruz 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .293 .858
8 Reiner Herrera DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259 .954
9 Yerlin Luis RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .112 .422
Team 30 0 3 0 0 3 14 .100 .315
LOB:
10
2B:
De La Cruz
SB:
Martinez
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Ryan DeSanto 5.0 2 0 0 1 8 0 86-58 3.44 1.28
Evan Chrest L 3.0 2 3 3 2 2 1 46-30 4.91 1.36
Javi Torres 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-5 4.18 1.73
Team 9.0 4 3 3 3 10 1 139-93 3.00 0.78