The Campo Verde Coyotes will venture away from home to challenge the Highland Hawks at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. Campo Verde is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Campo Verde proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by seven) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Desert Ridge 4-2. The four-run effort marked the Coyotes' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Ezekiel Zion made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Zion was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and one double. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high.
Anthony Flacco
| 03/04/25 @ Desert Ridge | 7 |
| 03/01/25 vs Burges | 4 |
| 04/22/24 @ Mountain Pointe | 3 |
| 04/29/24 @ Sunrise Mountain | 1 |
| 04/16/24 @ Casteel | 1 |
In other pitching news, Anthony Flacco tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over 4.2 innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.
Back at the plate, Kaden Evahnenko was excellent, going 1-for-3 with three RBI, one triple, and one run. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Rosner, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Highland came up short against Basha on Monday and fell 5-2. The loss continues a trend for the Hawks in their meetings with the Bears: they've now lost seven in a row.
Highland saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cayden Hammond, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, two RBI, and one double. That double marked the first that Hammond hit this season.
Highland's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Campo Verde, their record is now 6-0.
Campo Verde came up short against Highland in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, falling 4-1. Can Campo Verde avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
