Baseball Recap: La Joya Community Fighting Lobos vs. Westview Knights
La Joya Community put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 12-1 margin over the Westview Knights. With that win, La Joya Community brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Cayson Hamrick was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Hamrick was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Joshua Carbajal, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Rodolfo Santana was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases.
Even though they lost, Westview didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
The victory (which was La Joya Community's fourth in a row) raised their record to 7-9. As for Westview, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-20.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Millennium the next time they take the field. La Joya Community will head out to face Millennium at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, while Westview will head out to face them at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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