Canyon del Oro faced Centennial in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Dorados fell just short of the Coyotes by a score of 2-1. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Coyotes this season, with their most recent loss being a 1-0 defeat on Wednesday.
Canyon del Oro saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Adrian Encinas, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
This is the second loss in a row for Canyon del Oro and nudges their season record down to 26-7. Even worse, they were so close both times: the defeats came by an average of only one runs. As for Centennial, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 21 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-9 record this season.
Canyon del Oro does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Centennial, they will head out to face off against Canyon View at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Coyotes 3.1, the Jaguars 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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