Stanton is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Tornillo is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Stanton Buffaloes will take on the Tornillo Coyotes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Stanton will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Stanton is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Alpine on Friday as Stanton made off with an 18-9 victory.
Stanton got a massive performance out of Jaedyn Martinez, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a double. Bryson Dobbs was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Tornillo fell victim to Crane and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 8-0 walloping at the hands of the Cranes. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, Tornillo's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Stanton's win bumped their record up to 11-12. As for Tornillo, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-8-1.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Stanton has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Tornillo struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Stanton might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Tornillo in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Tornillo's Jeter Luna, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Now that Stanton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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