The Sierra Vista Dons are taking a road trip to challenge the Pioneer Titans at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sierra Vista has three straight wins, Pioneer has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Sierra Vista will bounce into Saturday's match after beating Nogales, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Sierra Vista never let Nogales get on the board and left with a 4-0 victory on Tuesday. Surprisingly, this marked the fourth straight game that the away team has come away the victor.
Sierra Vista saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cesar Leon, who went 3-for-4 with one RBI. Angel Perez also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Pioneer's offense. They fell 5-0 to Rancho Alamitos on Friday. The game marked the first time this season in which the Titans were not able to get on the board.
Sierra Vista pushed their record up to 3-4 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 13.33 hits in those games compared to only 3.5 in the others. As for Pioneer, they now also have a losing record of 3-4.
Sierra Vista couldn't quite finish off Pioneer when the teams last played back in March of 2024 and fell 3-1. Can Sierra Vista avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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