The Glendale Nitros will head out to face off against the Riverside Prep Silver Knights at 3:15 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Glendale is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Hoover with a sharp 10-2 victory on Friday. The win continues a trend for the Nitros in their matchups with the Tornados: they've now won nine in a row.
Meanwhile, Riverside Prep waltzed into their contest on Thursday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They never let the Eagles get on the board and left with a 38-0 victory. The Silver Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 14 matches by nine runs or more this season.
Jacob Villegas looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Riverside Prep got a massive performance out of Nate Martinez, who got on base in five of his six plate appearances with four runs and five RBI. The dominant performance also gave Martinez a new career-high in hits (three). Trevor Thompson was another key player, getting on base in all six of his plate appearances with three runs, two doubles, and one stolen base.
Riverside Prep always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .759. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Riverside Prep pushed their record up to 17-7 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Glendale, their record now sits at 6-19.
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