Baseball Preview: Sanger West Hornets vs. Dinuba Emperors
The Sanger West Hornets will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Dinuba Emperors at 4:30 p.m. Sanger West's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Dinuba's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Dinuba is hoping to do on Tuesday what Sunnyside couldn't on Friday: put an end to Sanger West's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Sanger West's pitchers stepped up to hand Sunnyside a 6-0 shutout.
Victor Valadez made a big impact no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Valadez has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Valadez was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-5.
Valadez wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jorge Mariscal, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Dinuba lost 18-6 to Mission Oak on Thursday.
Sanger West is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-10 record this season. As for Dinuba, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-19.
Sanger West might still be hurting after the 11-2 loss they got from Dinuba in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dinuba's Austin Kelly, who didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Now that Sanger West knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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