Braylon Doughty turned in nothing short of a gem on Tuesday: he struck out 12 batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his fourth in a row with more than eight strikeouts. On the season, Doughty has an ERA of .38 over 18.7 innings pitched.
Even though Doughty couldn't lead Chaparral over Murrieta Mesa, he won't have to wait long to try again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Chaparral will be headed into this one with a pretty big disadvantage in the rankings (they're ranked 67 places lower in California), but they're not letting that get them down. Will they be able to pull off an upset behind Doughty? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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