The Apollo Hawks will be taking part in a tournament against the Glenbrook North Spartans at 10:00 a.m. on Friday. Apollo is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Apollo picked up another tournament win on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Bend as Apollo made off with a 10-4 win. Considering the Hawks have won seven matchups by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Angel Torres looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (two).
On the hitting side, Apollo let Isaiah Holguin and Rey Garcia run wild. Holguin scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Garcia went 1-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. That triple was Garcia's first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jesus Beltran, who went 1-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Glenbrook North came up short against Central Catholic on Thursday and fell 11-8.
Apollo pushed their record up to 9-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Glenbrook North, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-2.
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