The Viewpoint Patriots will head out on the road to face off against the Colony Titans at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Viewpoint comes in on ten and Colony on 16.
Viewpoint is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They won by a run and slipped past Santa Fe 4-3.
Rialto typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Colony proved too difficult a challenge. They blew past the Knights 10-2. Colony's victory was all the more impressive since Rialto was averaging only 3.83 runs allowed on the season.
Diego Martinez-Gomez made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Martinez-Gomez has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Martinez-Gomez was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
In other batting news, Jacob Castro was incredible, going 2-for-3 with five RBI. Another player making a difference was Jacob Pulido, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Viewpoint has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a massive bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Colony, they pushed their record up to 23-6-1 with that win, which was their eighth straight on the road.
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