Oak Hills came tearing into Monday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Sultana Sultans a 2-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Oak Hills, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Paul Montoya spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on three hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Oak Hills' victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Webster, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
On Sultana's side, they got a good showing from Eric Ruiz, who pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
Oak Hills has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Sultana, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-5.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Oak Hills is on the road again on Wednesday to play Serrano at 3:15 p.m. Serrano hasn't scored more than two runs for four games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse. As for Sultana, they will head out on the road to square off against Hesperia at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Hesperia is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
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