Del Sol is 0-4 against Sierra Vista since May of 2016 but things could change on Saturday. The Dragons will face off against the Mountain Lions at 11:00 a.m. Del Sol has given up an average of 7.4 runs per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Del Sol is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 21 runs last Thursday, they were much more limited against Silverado on Tuesday. They lost 11-1 to the Skyhawks.
Del Sol saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ice Catapang, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Sierra Vista waltzed into their contest on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They came out on top against the Bengals by a score of 7-4. Seven seems to be a good number for the Mountain Lions as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Gavin Villa was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-1. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three). Tommy McDonald also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.
Sierra Vista pushed their record up to 11-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.4 runs over those games. As for Del Sol, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.
Del Sol might still be hurting after the 17-0 loss they got from Sierra Vista in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can the Dragons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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