It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact WISH Academy can now relate to. They fell just short of the East Valley Falcons by a score of 5-4 on Saturday. WISH Academy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
For East Valley's part, Kevin Castro and Gabriel Arvizu made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Castro pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Meanwhile, Arvizu tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Castro has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Castro got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two doubles, while Arvizu scored a run while going 3-for-3.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Emilio Martinez, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
WISH Academy's loss dropped their record down to 15-6-1. As for East Valley, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-6.
WISH Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for East Valley, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against University at 3:00 p.m. East Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
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