Baseball Game Preview: Baldwin Park Braves vs. Nogales Nobles

For the second straight game, Baldwin Park will face off against Nogales. Baldwin Park is taking a road trip to take on Nogales at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Baldwin Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.

On Tuesday, Baldwin Park needed a bit of extra time to put away Nogales. They won by a run and slipped past the Nobles 2-1. While the Braves didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-15-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

Julian Huerta was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

Huerta wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Gadiel Castellanos, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Baldwin Park has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. Nogales dropped their record down to 3-7 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road.