The West Valley Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Chaparral Cowboys at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (West Valley has four straight victories, Chaparral has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If West Valley beats Chaparral with five runs on Saturday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Mustangs never let Sunrise Mountain get on the board and left with a 5-0 win on Friday.
Sunrise Mountain's batters probably weren't too happy with Nate Navarrete, who pitched a no hitter (he gave up three walks).
On the hitting side, West Valley's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Juarez, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Chaparral came up short against Sports Leadership & Management on Thursday, falling 17-6.
Ashton Coyaso was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. That stolen base was his first of the season. Another player making a difference was Sonny Kleros, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one RBI.
Chaparral's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for West Valley, their win bumped their record up to 10-6.
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