Baseball Preview: Desert Edge Scorpions vs. Verrado Vipers
Desert Edge is 1-7 against Verrado since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Desert Edge Scorpions will head out on the road to take on the Verrado Vipers at 6:00 p.m. Desert Edge will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Desert Edge scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They never let Westview onto the board and left with a 24-0 victory. Desert Edge might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won five contests by seven runs or more this season.
Daniel Del Real made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Del Real was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Desert Edge got a massive performance out of Zach Coleman, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, three RBI, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Rene Ruiz, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Verrado entered their tilt with La Joya Community with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They put the hurt on the Fighting Lobos with a sharp 13-1 win on Tuesday. 13 seems to be a good number for Verrado as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Like Desert Edge, Verrado also got a great game from a two-way player: Ranger Knudson. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over four innings pitched. Knudson has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances. Knudson was also big at the plate, scoring four runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Sam Hess, who went 3-for-3 with six RBI and a double. Braden Marchese was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-1.
Desert Edge's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-4. As for Verrado, their record is now 7-10.
Desert Edge might still be hurting after the 18-6 defeat they got from Verrado in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Desert Edge, Blake Curry (who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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