Baseball Preview: Bloomington Bruins vs. Jurupa Hills Spartans
The Bloomington Bruins will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Jurupa Hills Spartans at 10:00 a.m. Bloomington's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Jurupa Hills' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Bloomington had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They never let the Cats onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. Three seems to be a good number for Bloomington as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Not much got past David Trujillo, who gave up just two hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Kaiser off the board. Trujillo has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up a single walk in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Bloomington saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jesus DeLaRiva, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Jurupa Hills didn't have quite enough to beat Colton on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Matthew Toscano made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 3-for-4. Anthony Morales was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Jurupa Hills didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Colton only tossed three.
Bloomington's win bumped their record up to 15-8. As for Jurupa Hills, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last 11 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-13 record this season.
Bloomington came out on top in a nail-biter against Jurupa Hills when the teams last played last Thursday, sneaking past 3-1. Will Bloomington repeat their success, or does Jurupa Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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