The Zapata Hawks will square off against the Palmview Lobos at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Zapata 2.5, Palmview 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Zapata fought the good fight in their extra-innings match 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 contest marked the Hawks' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
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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 has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Mario Garcia also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, while Palmview put up plenty of runs on Friday, the same can't be said for Juarez-Lincoln. Palmview blew past Juarez-Lincoln 15-0. That 15 run margin sets a new team best for the Lobos this season.
Joseph Martinez made a splash 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. That one hit allowed gave him a new career-low. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI and one double. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Jaxzel Cantu was excellent, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one triple and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Osi Lopez, who went 1-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI.
The win made it two in a row for Palmview and bumps their season record up to 6-3. Those victories 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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