Pebble Hills lost against Montwood on Friday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Pebble Hills Spartans took a 15-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Montwood Rams. That's two games in a row now that the Spartans have lost by exactly five runs.
Evan Lopez
| 03/15/25 vs Montwood | 2 |
| 03/11/25 @ Coronado | 1 |
| 02/20/25 vs Las Cruces | 1 |
| 02/17/25 @ Del Valle | 1 |
Pebble Hills got a massive performance out of Evan Lopez, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. The dominant performance also gave Lopez a new career-high in hits (two). Alex Melendez was another key player, scoring a run while going 3-for-5.
Even though they lost, Pebble Hills was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
This is the second loss in a row for Pebble Hills and nudges their season record down to 9-9. That patch can't be blamed on the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Montwood, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 9-8-2.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Pebble Hills will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Franklin at 6:30 p.m. on April 1st. As for Montwood, they are taking a road trip to take on Coronado at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Coronado is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
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