Baseball Recap: Sanger West Hornets vs. Sunnyside Wildcats
Sanger West entered their tilt with Sunnyside with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Sunnyside Wildcats a 6-0 shutout on Friday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Sanger West also won the last time the pair played last Tuesday.
Victor Valadez made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Valadez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Valadez was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-5.
Valadez wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jorge Mariscal, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Sanger West is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-10 record this season. As for Sunnyside, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-17.
Sanger West will be playing in front of their home fans against Dinuba at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Dinuba is coming into the match with five straight losses on the road, meaning Sanger West will have to defend against a team hungry for a victory. As for Sunnyside, they will face off against Liberty at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Liberty will roll in looking for their eighth straight win, something Sunnyside surely won't give up without a fight.
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