The Kingman Bulldogs will face off against the Cortez Colts at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Kingman will be strutting in after a victory while Cortez will be coming in after a loss.
If Kingman beats Cortez with four runs on Saturday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Kingman beat Arizona Lutheran Academy on Friday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 4-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Albert Lopez made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Lopez was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Cires Esquivel, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI and one double. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (two).
Meanwhile, Cortez was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 30-3 to Shadow Mountain.
Cortez saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kriztian Visuet, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. Visuet is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stole at least one in each of the last five games he's played dating back to last season.
Cortez's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Kingman, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
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