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| 03/16/22 - Home | 16-6 W |
| 04/24/21 - Away | 5-3 W |
| 03/14/19 - Neutral | 3-2 W |
Desert Vista has gone a perfect 3-0 against Westwood recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Desert Vista Thunder will take on the Westwood Warriors in a tournament on Tuesday. Desert Vista will aim to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Desert Vista's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Marcos de Niza 16-0. Considering the Thunder have won four games by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Cole Gomez looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, Desert Vista got a massive performance out of Benjamin Romaine, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with four runs, one triple, and two RBI. Anthony Renda was another key player, going 3-for-4 with one home run and four RBI.
Desert Vista kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 17 hits. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their hit total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Westwood had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 10-9 W against the Jaguars. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Warriors have posted since March 5, 2024.
Desert Vista's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Westwood, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 7-1.
Everything went Desert Vista's way against Westwood in their previous matchup back in March of 2022, as Desert Vista made off with a 16-6 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Desert Vista since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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