The Mesilla Valley Christian School SonBlazers will be taking part in a tournament against the Santa Teresa Desert Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mesilla Valley Christian School is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Thursday. Everything went their way against Dora as Mesilla Valley Christian School made off with a 23-2 win.
Parker Andrews looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
On the hitting side, Jude Herrera was a standout: he went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and one triple. Another player making a difference was Matt Borde, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, five RBI, and three runs.
Mesilla Valley Christian School always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .684. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Dora only posted an OBP of .250.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Santa Teresa). They never let Thoreau get on the board and left with a 24-0 victory on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Desert Warriors, who have now won six contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Sebastian Molina was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Molina was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three).
In other pitching news, Marcos Rivera looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up a single earned run any time he's pitched this season.
Back at the plate, Santa Teresa got a massive performance out of Asia Acosta, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, three RBI, and one triple. Acosta continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Sebastian Martinez, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple.
