Baseball Preview: La Quinta Blackhawks vs. Palm Desert Aztecs
The La Quinta Blackhawks will stay at home for another game and welcome the Palm Desert Aztecs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (La Quinta: 3.7, Palm Desert: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
La Quinta's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Xavier Prep out 2-0.
La Quinta saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Rom-Turbio, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Palm Desert entered their tilt with Palm Springs with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They blew past the Indians 11-2.
Palm Desert also got a great performance from Adam Hart-Marchini as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over 4.2 innings pitched. Hart-Marchini has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Tyler Barsness was a standout: he scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Stevie Hutchinson was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-5.
La Quinta is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. As for Palm Desert, their victory bumped their record up to 15-10.
La Quinta came out on top in a nail-biter against Palm Desert in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 6-4. Does La Quinta have another victory up their sleeve, or will Palm Desert turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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