Baseball Recap: Yuma Criminals vs. Moon Valley Rockets
Yuma waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Moon Valley Rockets a 10-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Yuma, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Damian Cabrera made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits over 4.2 innings pitched. Cabrera has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single walk in three consecutive pitching appearances. Cabrera was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Jaime Ruelas was excellent, going 1-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Kevin Garcia, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Yuma is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7-1 record this season. As for Moon Valley, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-10.
Yuma will have a chance to go back-to-back against Moon Valley: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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