For the second straight game, Del Valle will face off against El Dorado. The Conquistadores will challenge the Aztecs at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Del Valle's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so El Dorado's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Del Valle is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against El Dorado on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Aztecs by a score of 2-1. Conquistadores fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Aztecs since on Tuesday.
For El Dorado's part, Gael Soto looked comfortable as he tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Soto is becoming a predictor of the Aztecs' success: when he allows at most one hit the team is 5-1 (and 7-15 when he doesn't).
On the hitting side, El Dorado's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Michael Bernal, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI. That's the most hits Bernal has posted since back in March.
El Dorado has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 12-16 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.8 runs over those games. As for Del Valle, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-9.
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