Baseball Recap: Nucla Mustangs vs. Ignacio Bobcats
Nucla waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Ignacio Bobcats as they made off with a 7-1 win. This was a revenge game for Nucla, as the team was forced to settle for a 6-1 defeat when these two played two weeks ago.
Steele Arnold was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Arnold has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Arnold was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-5.
Arnold wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Owen Dinsmore, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
On Ignacio's side, William Mendoza-Lechuga was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-2 with three stolen bases.
Nucla's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-8-1. As for Ignacio, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-5.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Nucla by a score of 15-0 later that day.
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