Baseball Recap: Clint Lions vs. Austin Panthers
With a playoff game on the line, Clint rose to the challenge on Thursday. They never let the Austin Panthers onto the board and left with a 17-0 victory. Clint might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 12 matches by eight runs or more this season.
Jose Aranda made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Aranda has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Aranda was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Alan Gonzalez was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Daniel Ochoa was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
The win was the tenth in a row for Clint, bringing their record for this year to 18-9. As for Austin, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-23.
Clint will have a chance to go back-to-back against Austin: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
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