Baseball Recap: Imperial Tigers vs. Palo Verde Valley Yellow Jackets
Imperial entered their tilt with Palo Verde Valley with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They walked away with a 7-3 win over the Palo Verde Valley Yellow Jackets on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Imperial has won by exactly four runs.
Imperial got a great performance from Gerardo Hernandez as he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Hernandez has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Logan Higginbotham was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Luis Gonzalez was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double.
On Palo Verde Valley's side, Troy Pellegrini was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
Imperial is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Palo Verde Valley, they now have a losing record at 9-10-1.
Imperial will have a chance to go back-to-back against Palo Verde Valley: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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