After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Lane Tech, Ogden International was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They never let the Solorio Sun Warriors onto the board and left with a 5-0 win. That's more bragging rights for Ogden International, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Not much got past Payton Hall, who gave up just three hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Solorio off the board.
At the plate, Jacob Cordero was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Osiah Vega was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with two RBI.
On Solorio's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Pacheco, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base. Pacheco has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Even though they lost, Solorio didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 11th loss (out of 17 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Ogden International's victory bumped their record up to 15-10-1. As for Solorio, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-14.
Ogden International has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Payton College Prep at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Solorio will take on Hillcrest at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
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