Juan Ruiz turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday, pitching four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (he also only allowed one walk). As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his fourth in a row with less than two walks allowed. This season, Ruiz has an ERA of 8.50 over 14 innings pitched.
Ruiz's strong effort led Hatch Valley over Tularosa and he'll get a chance to do so again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ruiz has dominated as far as walks are concerned (he's averaged 0.9 per game this season), but he's got his work cut out for him considering Tularosa has only allowed nine per game this season.
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