With a playoff game on the line, El Diamante rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They never let the Pioneer Valley Panthers onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. Winning may never get old, but El Diamante sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Pioneer Valley's batters probably weren't too happy with Jordan Rhyner, who pitched a no hitter (he gave up two walks). Rhyner has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, El Diamante's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Caleb Silva, who went 2-for-4 with two doubles.
On Pioneer Valley's side, Julian Diaz-Resendez spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on five hits and racked up nine Ks.
Even though they lost, Pioneer Valley didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as El Diamante only tossed four.
El Diamante has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-16 record this season. As for Pioneer Valley, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-6.
El Diamante will head out on the road to face off against Edison at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Edison is coming into the match with three straight victories at home, so El Diamante will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. Pioneer Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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