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South Grand Prairie made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Arlington, but they still couldn't quite topple them. Everything went the South Grand Prairie Warriors' way against the Arlington Colts on Tuesday as the South Grand Prairie Warriors made off with a 12-5 win. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by seven runs or more this season.
Zach Scheppler made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. He has been consistent : he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going a perfect 4-for-4 with one double and one RBI. Those four hits gave him a new career-high.
In other pitching news, Matthew Smith looked comfortable as he tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in walks (zero).
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Isaac Rios, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and two RBI. He is on a roll when it comes to home runs, as he's now launched at least one in each of the last three games he's played. Giovanny Orozco also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
The victory (which was South Grand Prairie's third in a row) raised their record to 10-3-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Arlington, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-10.
South Grand Prairie will have a chance to go back-to-back against Arlington: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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