Roosevelt extended their losing streak to three on Friday, dropping them down to 2-3. They came up short against the Kimball Knights, falling 25-2. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Knights this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 21-0 on Tuesday.
Yored Jimenez was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in both of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.
As for Kimball, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a massive bump to their 4-8 record this season. With that win, they brought their scoring average up to 7.3 runs per game.
On Kimball's side, Matthew Delgado made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Delgado has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, earning three runs and three stolen bases. Those three runs gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Kimball got a massive performance out of Lorenzo Zamarripa, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. Zamarripa is becoming a predictor of the Knights' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 1-7 when he doesn't). Aaron Lopez also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Roosevelt will square off against rival Lincoln at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, Kimball is set to take on their familiar foe Carter at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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