La Villa is 1-7 against Freer since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The La Villa Cardinals will head out on the road to take on the Freer Buckaroos at 7:00 p.m.
La Villa was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 17-2 walloping at the hands of Premont.
La Villa saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Abram Perez, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and a run.
Meanwhile, Freer waltzed into their game on Monday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Seahawks a 6-0 shutout. Considering Freer has won six contests by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Peyton Borden spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on two hits and racked up 14 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Javier Perez, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Roman Aguillon was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
La Villa's loss dropped their record down to 9-18. As for Freer, they pushed their record up to 11-7 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
La Villa suffered a grim 13-3 defeat to Freer in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Freer's Eric Leal, who struck out 12 batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off one hit (and only one walk). Now that La Villa knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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