Palo Verde Valley is 0-10 against Imperial since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Palo Verde Valley Yellow Jackets will head out on the road to challenge the Imperial Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Palo Verde Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Things were looking good for Palo Verde Valley after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Imperial by a score of 8-6. Palo Verde Valley has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Christian Aguilar was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Aguilar has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Aguilar was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Aguilar wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cyrus Flores, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1. Another player making a difference was Troy Pellegrini, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Palo Verde Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 9-11-1. As for Imperial, the win (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 17-6.
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