Desert Ridge played in-conference for the first time on Tuesday and got just the result they were looking for. They walked away with a 7-2 win over the Higley Knights. That's more bragging rights for the Jaguars, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Andrew Bromley tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 4.1 innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four).
At the plate, Desert Ridge's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Max Gamboa, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI.
The win made it two in a row for Desert Ridge and bumps their season record up to 5-11. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.0 runs over those games. As for Higley, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-8.
Desert Ridge will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Knights: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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