The Yuma Criminals will face off against the Skyline Coyotes at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Yuma 3, Skyline 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Yuma and Gila Ridge have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Friday. Yuma came out on top against Gila Ridge by a score of 5-2. The victory continues a trend for the Criminals in their matchups with the Hawks: they've now won three in a row.
Eli Lujan was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaiah Villalobos Orozco, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Skyline, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They never let Valley Vista get on the board and left with a 1-0 win on Monday.
Not much got past Easton Leon, who gave up just two hits and racked up 13 Ks to keep Valley Vista off the board. Those 13 strikeouts gave Leon a new career-high.
At the plate, Skyline's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Julian Otero, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Yuma's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-4-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Skyline, their win bumped their record up to 9-2.
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