The Desert Pines Jaguars will head out to square off against the Southeast Career Tech Roadrunners at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
Things were looking good for Desert Pines after they put the first points on the board on Monday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They lost 12-2 to Clark. The defeat continues a trend for the Jaguars in their meetings with the Chargers: they've now lost five in a row.
Desert Pines saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kevin Ruiz Sanchez, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Southeast Career Tech). Everything went their way against Rancho on Thursday as Southeast Career Tech made off with a 16-1 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Roadrunners considering their one-run performance the match before.
Briggs Barlow looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Southeast Career Tech is undefeated when he allows at most one earned run, but 1-4 otherwise.
At the plate, Southeast Career Tech got a massive performance out of Bruce Trzpis, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and four RBI. That's the most runs Trzpis has posted since back in May of 2024. Another player making a difference was Nathan Johnson, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Southeast Career Tech always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .676. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Rancho only posted an OBP of .294.
Desert Pines' loss dropped their record down to 0-2-1. As for Southeast Career Tech, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Desert Pines suffered a grim 14-0 defeat to Southeast Career Tech when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Can Desert Pines avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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