Baseball Preview: Catalina Foothills Falcons vs. Nogales Apaches
The Catalina Foothills Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Nogales Apaches at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Catalina Foothills comes in on five and Nogales on six.
On Saturday, Catalina Foothills earned a 9-6 victory over Canyon View.
Catalina Foothills saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Paden Good, who scored three runs while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Nate Shoemaker, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Nogales was able to grind out a solid win over Apollo on Saturday, taking the game 7-4.
Nogales also got a great performance from Sal Valenzuela as he struck out seven batters over 5.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Alan Durazo was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Ralph Felix, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Catalina Foothills is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season. As for Nogales, they pushed their record up to 16-8 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Monday's match will be a test for both team's pitchers. Catalina Foothills hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .344. However, it's not like Nogales struggles in that department as they've averaged .319. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Catalina Foothills suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Nogales in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Valenzuela, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over six innings pitched. Now that Catalina Foothills knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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