Baseball Recap: Cactus Snags Third Win in Last Four Games

Cactus's game on Monday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Peoria Panthers by a score of 6-1. This was a revenge game for the Cobras: when they faced off against the Panthers back in March, they had to take a 10-6 loss.

Eli Torres made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three). He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Phoenix Huisinga

Runs

04/22/25 vs Peoria	2
04/17/25 vs Westview	2
04/04/25 vs Cortez	2
03/27/25 @ Agua Fria	2
03/19/25 vs Moon Valley	2
+ 9 more games

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Phoenix Huisinga, who earned one RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. He has become a key player for Cactus: the team is 5-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 3-15 otherwise.

Cactus has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-16 record this season. That said, the team wasn't facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 2-13 Peoria and 8-13 Westview (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 36.5% over those games). As for Peoria, they dropped their record down to 2-13 with the defeat, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Cactus wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next contest, a 14-2 loss against Estrella Foothills on the 23rd. As for Peoria, they have also already played their next matchup, a 14-13 defeat against Westview on the 23rd.