Flowing Wells is 0-4 against Salpointe Catholic since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Flowing Wells Caballeros will look to defend their home field against the Salpointe Catholic Lancers at 4:00 p.m.
Flowing Wells was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They suffered a tough 13-5 loss at the hands of Sahuaro.
Tanner Thornton was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Menchaca, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Salpointe Catholic faced Catalina Foothills in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Salpointe Catholic came out on top against Catalina Foothills by a score of 3-2 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Salpointe Catholic's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jose Simon, who went 3-for-4 with a double. Simon has been hot recently, having posted three or more hits the last four times he's played.
Flowing Wells' defeat dropped their record down to 4-19-1. As for Salpointe Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5-1 record this season.
Flowing Wells suffered a grim 17-7 defeat to Salpointe Catholic when the teams last played on Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Salpointe Catholic's Aciel Guillen, who struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Flowing Wells knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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