Dos Palos hasn't had much luck against Mendota recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Dos Palos Broncos will look to defend their home pitch against the Mendota Aztecs at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Dos Palos sitting on four straight victories and Mendota on three.
Dos Palos' defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They beat Avenal by a goal, winning 1-0. Give the Broncos' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Gerardo Andrade, who's now up to 24 this season.
Meanwhile, Mendota got the win against Tranquillity on Tuesday by a conclusive 8-1. The Aztecs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by three goals or more this season.
Elmer Barrera, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Mendota squad sat out for Tuesday's contest. With Barrera sidelined, Javier Perez got his first action of the season.
Dos Palos is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 36 goals over those ten games. As for Mendota, their win bumped their record up to 15-3-3.
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