The Vanden Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Armijo Royals at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Vanden is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.
Vanden unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell 6-3 to Armijo.
Mariano Gonzalez was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits.
At the plate, Vanden saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Isaiah Shahan, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Vanden didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Vanden's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-6. As for Armijo, the victory got them back to even at 6-6-1.
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