The Palm Desert Aztecs have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Fountain Valley Barons at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Wednesday, Palm Desert beat Millikan by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 7-5.
Palm Desert got a great performance from Jake Brande as he tossed 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Tyler Nicolay picked up the save, pitching 2.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
On the hitting side, Tyler Barsness and JoJo Valdivia did most of the damage at the plate: Barsness scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Valdivia scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Zach Gibbs, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Fountain Valley waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-4 victory over the Wildcats.
Palm Desert pushed their record up to 10-9 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs per game. As for Fountain Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season.
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