Piedmont Hills is preparing for their first league matchup of the season on Tuesday. They will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Gilroy Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. The two teams were dealt some close losses in their previous games and are determined not to let this one get away.
Last Friday, Piedmont Hills didn't have quite enough to beat Homestead and fell 6-4. That's two games in a row now that the Pirates have lost by exactly two runs.
Josh Gomez made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-3. Toby Torres was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Gilroy fell victim to Rancho San Juan and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They fell just short of the Trailblazers by a score of 2-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Mustangs have suffered since April 10, 2024.
Zach Martinez was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four).
At the plate, Gilroy saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Eric Hernandez, who went 1-for-3 with one double.
This is the second loss in a row for Piedmont Hills and nudges their season record down to 1-3. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only two runs. As for Gilroy, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
Everything went Piedmont Hills' way against Gilroy in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, as Piedmont Hills made off with a 14-2 victory. Does Piedmont Hills have another victory up their sleeve, or will Gilroy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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