Organ Mountain faced Clovis in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Organ Mountain skirted past Clovis 8-7. This was payback for the Knights, who suffered a 7-5 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Rey Ponce looked comfortable as he pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero).
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On the hitting side, Organ Mountain let Alex Venegas and Leo Hernandez run wild. Venegas scored three runs while going 2-for-3, while Hernandez scored a run while going 3-for-3. Those three runs gave Venegas a new career-high. Jesus Garibay was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Organ Mountain pushed their record up to 6-3-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs over those games. As for Clovis, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-7.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Clovis beat Organ Mountain by a score of 6-2 later that day.
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