With a playoff win on the line, Rancho Mirage rose to the challenge on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Hamilton Bobcats a 2-0 shutout. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Rattlers have posted since March 11th.
Not much got past Anelisa Garcia, who gave up just four hits to keep Hamilton off the board.
At the plate, Jezell Espericueta was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base.
Rancho Mirage is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.2 runs over those games. As for Hamilton, they moved to 14-6 with that defeat, which also ended their ten-game winning streak.
Rancho Mirage has already played their next game, a 23-10 victory against Hesperia Christian on the 17th. Hamilton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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