Baseball Preview: El Diamante Miners vs. Porterville Panthers
The El Diamante Miners will head out on the road to challenge the Porterville Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. El Diamante is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
El Diamante's hitters might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Mt. Whitney on Saturday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (3-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. Considering the last time they couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.
Eli Palomino was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last match, Porterville made sure to put some runs up on the board against Golden West on Saturday. Porterville walked away with a 10-6 victory over Golden West.
Louie Torres made a big impact no matter where he played. He struck out 13 batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Torres was also big at the plate, going 4-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ethan Enriquez, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Renato Navarro was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
El Diamante's defeat dropped their record down to 10-16. As for Porterville, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season.
El Diamante suffered a grim 15-6 defeat to Porterville in their previous matchup back in April. Can El Diamante avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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