Baseball Preview: Central Valley Hawks vs. Buhach Colony Thunder
The Central Valley Hawks will be playing at home against the Buhach Colony Thunder at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Central Valley has three straight victories, Buhach Colony has 17 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Thursday, Central Valley sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 win over Merced. That's two games straight that Central Valley has won by just one run.
Central Valley saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chris Garcia, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Garcia has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Buhach Colony didn't have quite enough to beat El Capitan on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Wesson Espinoza was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched eight innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits.
Central Valley's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-13. As for Buhach Colony, their loss dropped their record down to 2-23.
Central Valley skirted past Buhach Colony 8-7 in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Does Central Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Buhach Colony turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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