On Wednesday, Cienega faced Tucson High Magnet School in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Cienega Bobcats came out on top in a nail-biter against the Tucson High Magnet School Badgers and snuck past 3-2. The win was nothing new for Cienega as they're now sitting on four straight.
Maya Fimbres tossed a big game, striking out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits (and only one walk). She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up a single walk in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Cienega's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Alli Mullen, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Micaela Valenzuela, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
On Tucson High Magnet School's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sofie Trejo, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Cienega is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. As for Tucson High Magnet School, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-3.
Cienega will be playing at home against Cholla at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cholla has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 11.2 runs per game on average), something Cienega will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Tucson High Magnet School, they will head out on the road to take on Marana at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Marana: 2.8, Tucson High Magnet School: 1.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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