Baseball Preview: El Diamante Miners vs. Pioneer Valley Panthers
The El Diamante Miners will head out on the road to challenge the Pioneer Valley Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, El Diamante beat Golden West 6-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for El Diamante.
Kevin Baldwin tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 5.1 innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Caleb Silva was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Cole Martinez, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Pioneer Valley came tearing into Friday's match with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over the Royals.
Josue Garcia was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Garcia was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Andru Angulo looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched.
Garcia wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cesar Garcia, who went 1-for-5 with a triple and two RBI.
El Diamante pushed their record up to 12-16 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Pioneer Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season.
El Diamante suffered a grim 11-3 defeat to Pioneer Valley in their previous meeting back in February of 2022. Thankfully for El Diamante, Estevan Fonseca (who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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