Baseball Preview: La Joya Community Fighting Lobos vs. Millennium Tigers
La Joya Community is 0-9 against Millennium since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The La Joya Community Fighting Lobos will head out on the road to challenge the Millennium Tigers at 3:45 p.m. La Joya Community is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
La Joya Community will bounce into Wednesday's matchup after beating Westview, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. La Joya Community blew past Westview 12-1. With that win, La Joya Community brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Cayson Hamrick made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Hamrick was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Joshua Carbajal, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Rodolfo Santana, who scored a run and stole two bases.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 12 runs the game before, Millennium was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They fell 6-2 to Notre Dame Prep. Millennium has struggled against Notre Dame Prep recently, as their contest on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
La Joya Community's victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 7-9. As for Millennium, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-13.
La Joya Community suffered a grim 18-0 defeat to Millennium in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Millennium's Kooper DeRoest, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over four innings pitched. Now that La Joya Community 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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