Baseball Preview: Cienega Bobcats vs. Nogales Apaches
The Cienega Bobcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Nogales Apaches at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Last Thursday, Cienega didn't have quite enough to beat Desert View and fell 3-1.
David Davila spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on nine hits and racked up seven Ks.
On the hitting side, Cienega saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was AB Wach, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, while Nogales put up some runs on Monday, the same can't be said for Catalina Foothills. Nogales was the clear victor by an 8-0 margin over Catalina Foothills. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Nogales.
Nogales also got a great performance from Sal Valenzuela as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over six innings pitched. Valenzuela has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Alan Durazo, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Denzel Montijo, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Cienega's loss dropped their record down to 16-9. As for Nogales, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season.
Cienega might still be hurting after the 9-3 defeat they got from Nogales in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Valenzuela, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. Now that Cienega knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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