Triumph Charter has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Jefferson Democrats at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Triumph Charter will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Triumph Charter is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 18-17 win over Animo Robinson.
Edgar Arevalos made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Arevalos was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Simon Trujillo was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Javier Herrera, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Jefferson can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent matchup two weeks ago. They blew past Manual Arts 13-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Jefferson.
Jefferson saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luis Zaragoza, who went 1-for-1 with a triple.
Triumph Charter now has a winning record of 9-8. As for Jefferson, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Triumph Charter has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Jefferson struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.
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