The Chino Cowboys will square off against the Chaffey Tigers at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Chino is coming into the game hot, having won their last eight games.
Last Friday, Chino was able to grind out a solid win over Diamond Ranch, taking the game 6-2. That's two games straight that the Cowboys have won by exactly four runs.
The team relied heavily on Nathan Sena, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Xiovany Ochoa, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
The home team had won the previous five meetings between Chaffey and Montclair, and Montclair kept the tradition alive. The Tigers fell 8-5 to the Cavaliers on Friday.
Jaden Resendez was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits (and only one walk). He also tossed a walk, which is notable because Chaffey is 2-1 when he allows at most one walk, but 4-7 otherwise. Resendez was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with three RBI.
Resendez wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Harlan Gomez, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Chino pushed their record up to 10-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Chaffey, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.
Everything went Chino's way against Chaffey in their previous matchup back in March, as Chino made off with a 10-0 victory. Do the Cowboys have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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