The San Tan Foothills Sabercats will take on the La Joya Community Fighting Lobos at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. San Tan Foothills has given up an average of 13.1 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
San Tan Foothills fell victim to Florence and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They came up short against the Gophers, falling 14-0. The Sabercats haven't had much luck with the Gophers recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, La Joya Community waltzed into their matchup on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Patriots a 15-0 shutout. The Fighting Lobos might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine games by seven runs or more this season.
Gavino Bustamante was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. Bustamante was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, La Joya Community got a massive performance out of Cayson Hamrick, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three RBI and one double. Another player making a difference was Saul Chairez, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI.
La Joya Community kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in four consecutive contests.
La Joya Community's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-5. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for San Tan Foothills, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.
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