The Hillcrest Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Adamson Leopards at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hillcrest will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
On Saturday, Hillcrest had just enough and edged White out 2-1. That's two games straight that Hillcrest has won by just one run.
Hillcrest saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cesar Cordero, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Cordero has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Adamson has not done well against Sunset recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Adamson never let Sunset onto the board and left with a 7-0 win. Seven seems to be a good number for Adamson as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Jay Reaza spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on three hits.
At the plate, Juvencio Nava and Luis Cruz did most of the damage at the plate: Nava went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a triple, while Cruz went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Saul Vela, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 3-for-4.
Hillcrest pushed their record up to 14-8 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.9 runs per game. As for Adamson, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-13.
Hillcrest beat Adamson 4-0 in their previous meeting back in March. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Reaza, who didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Hillcrest still be able to contain Reaza? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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