The Santa Rita Eagles will face off against the Bisbee Pumas at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Santa Rita has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with four straight losses, while Bisbee will come in with three straight victories.
Santa Rita lost 21-1 to Benson on Tuesday. The game marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Bisbee hadn't done well against Morenci recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Pumas came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 17-14. That's two games straight that the Pumas have won by exactly three runs.
Bisbee pushed their record up to 11-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 18.0 runs over those games. As for Santa Rita, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Santa Rita might still be hurting after the 19-9 loss they got from Bisbee in their previous matchup back in February of 2019. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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