Sierra Vista is 8-2 against Baldwin Park since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Sierra Vista Dons will head out on the road to face off against the Baldwin Park Braves at 3:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sierra Vista has three straight victories, Baldwin Park has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Sierra Vista can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent match on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 7-0 margin over Duarte. That's two games straight that Sierra Vista has won by exactly seven runs.
Raul Frankie Zelaya spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on five hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than seven innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Sierra Vista's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Zepeda, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Angel Perez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Baldwin Park came up short against Ontario on Monday and fell 6-3.
Baldwin Park saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mathew Chavez, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Even though they lost, Baldwin Park didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
The victory got Sierra Vista back to even at 6-6-1. As for Baldwin Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-10-1.
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