With a playoff game on the line, Canutillo rose to the challenge on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Del Valle Conquistadores and snuck past 6-5. That's more bragging rights for Canutillo, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
The team relied heavily on Isaac Garza, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Eriel Fargas-Caraballo, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a stolen base and an RBI.
Canutillo is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-7 record this season. As for Del Valle, their loss dropped their record down to 17-13-1.
Canutillo will have a chance to go back-to-back against Del Valle: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:30 p.m. on Friday.
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