For the second straight game, Villa Park will face off against El Modena. The Spartans will head out on the road to face off against the Vanguards at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. Villa Park's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so El Modena's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Wednesday, Villa Park beat El Modena 7-2. The win continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Vanguards: they've now won four in a row.
Jack McGuire tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Dominic Gutierrez, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run. Jacob Sandoval was another key player, going a perfect 1-for-1 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Villa Park was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as El Modena only posted a batting average of .200.
Villa Park's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-5. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for El Modena, their loss dropped their record down to 7-13.
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