Quartz Hill won against Lancaster last Friday with seven runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. Everything went the Royals' way against the Knight Hawks as they made off with a 7-1 win. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Royals also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2024.
Christopher Lozano
| 03/25/25 vs Thurston | 2 |
| 04/09/25 @ Knight | 1 |
| 04/02/25 @ Lancaster | 1 |
Quartz Hill got a great performance from Christopher Lozano as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). The Royals are 4-1 when Lozano allows two or fewer earned runs, but 3-8 otherwise.
At the plate, Kayden Smoot and Marley Castaneda did most of the damage at the plate: Smoot went 1-for-2 with one triple, one run, and one RBI, while Castaneda scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4. Castaneda is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last five games he's played. Another player making a difference was Blake Johnson, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
The victory (which was Quartz Hill's third in a row) raised their record to 7-9. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Knight, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8.
Quartz Hill will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Hawks: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:15 p.m. on Friday.
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