Baseball Recap: Centerville Tigers vs. Joaquin Rams
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Centerville had no problem doing just that on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Joaquin Rams a 3-0 shutout. The win was familiar territory for Centerville who now have 13 in a row.
Not much got past Gunner Bazar, who gave up just one hit to keep Joaquin off the board. Bazar has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jake Pineda, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Centerville is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4-2 record this season. As for Joaquin, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 20-13-1.
Centerville is on the road again on Saturday to play Garrison. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Centerville: 3, Garrison: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. Joaquin does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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