Millennium faced Desert Vista in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Millennium walked away with a 9-5 victory over Desert Vista. The win was nothing new for the Tigers as they're now sitting on five straight.
Millennium's victory was truly a team effort as eight different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Xavier Candelaria, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Candelaria a new career-high in RBI (two). Cy Buchberger was another, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Millennium was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .357 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Tigers
| 03/22/25 vs Desert Vista | 9-5 |
| 03/21/25 vs Bear Creek | 13-3 |
| 03/21/25 vs Erie | 8-5 |
| 03/20/25 vs San Luis | 4-3 |
| 03/18/25 vs Mountain Ridge | 7-6 |
| + 3 more games |
Millennium pushed their record up to 12-3 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.3 runs over those games. As for Desert Vista, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 10-4.
Millennium didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 5-2 defeat against Thurston on the 24th. As for Desert Vista, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 2-0 win against Skyline on the 24th.
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