The Palmview Lobos will head out on the road to challenge the Zapata Hawks at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Zapata took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Palmview, who comes in off a win.
Palmview's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 15-0 margin over Juarez-Lincoln. Considering the Lobos have won three contests by more than 13 runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Joseph Martinez
| 03/07/25 @ Juarez-Lincoln | 4 |
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| 04/09/24 @ Juarez-Lincoln | 1 |
Joseph Martinez was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-low in hits. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI and one double. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in RBI.
In other batting news, Jaxzel Cantu was excellent, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one triple and two RBI. That triple marked the first that he hit this season. Another player making a difference was Osi Lopez, who went 1-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Zapata fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against United South on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 2-1. The Hawks haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Zapata saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Solis, who scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-5. Solis is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last four games he's played.
The victory made it two in a row for Palmview and bumps their season record up to 6-3. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Zapata, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3.
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