The Palo Verde Panthers will look to defend their home field on Saturday against The Meadows School Mustangs at 12:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Palo Verde comes in on three and The Meadows School on five.
Palo Verde can now show off 15 landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. Everything went their way against Green Valley as Palo Verde made off with a 9-2 win.
Zach Bender tossed a big game, striking out 11 batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Ethan Clauss was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Jace Jefferies, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, The Meadows School was not the first on the board on Thursday, but they got there more often. They walked away with an 8-4 victory over Clark.
The Meadows School let Ben Garber and Simon Tesfaye loose on the outfield. Garber scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Tesfaye scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Palo Verde is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season. As for The Meadows School, they pushed their record up to 19-7 with that win, which was their eighth straight on the road.
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