Baseball Preview: El Diamante Miners vs. Golden West Trailblazers
El Diamante is 8-2 against Golden West since May of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The El Diamante Miners will be playing in front of their home fans against the Golden West Trailblazers at 4:30 p.m. Golden West took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on El Diamante, who comes in off a win.
El Diamante will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any runs on Saturday, then bounced right back against Porterville on Wednesday. Everything went El Diamante's way against Porterville as El Diamante made off with a 13-4 victory.
The team relied heavily on Sebastian Aiello, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Nick Reynoso, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Golden West's offense. They lost 15-0 to Redwood on Wednesday. Considering the last time Golden West couldn't score was back in February, the team can't take the result too hard.
El Diamante's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-16. As for Golden West, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-19 record this season.
El Diamante came out on top in a nail-biter against Golden West in their previous meeting back in April, sneaking past 5-4. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Golden West's Chris Garcia, who struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will El Diamante still be able to contain Garcia? There's only one way to find out.
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