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| 03/26/25 - Away | 22-5 W |
| 03/31/22 - Away | 17-4 W |
| 03/29/22 - Home | 19-2 W |
| 03/05/19 - Home | 17-7 W |
| 02/20/19 - Neutral | 13-5 W |
| + 3 more games |
Cesar Chavez has gone a perfect 8-0 against South Mountain recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. Cesar Chavez will look to defend their home field against South Mountain at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cesar Chavez has four straight victories, South Mountain has 17 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Cesar Chavez's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Maryvale with a sharp 13-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Champions, who have now won five games by 13 runs or more so far this season.
Eddie Pedroza was a standout: he scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Carlos Leon, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Cesar Chavez was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .567. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, South Mountain lost 22-5 to Cesar Chavez on Wednesday.
Andy Flores led a balanced group of hitters, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kirk Bower, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-1.
South Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 0-11. As for Cesar Chavez, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5.
South Mountain's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Cesar Chavez has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 9.4 hits per game. It's a different story for South Mountain, though, as they've been averaging 9.9 hits. Given Cesar Chavez's sizable advantage in that area, South Mountain will need to find a way to close that gap.
Cesar Chavez took their win against South Mountain in their previous meeting on Wednesday by a conclusive 22-5. Does Cesar Chavez have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Mountain turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
