The Oak Hills Bulldogs will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Serrano Diamondbacks at 3:15 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Oak Hills proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by seven) but on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Sultana a 2-0 shutout.
Paul Montoya spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on three hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Oak Hills saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Webster, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Serrano was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell just short of Apple Valley by a score of 3-2.
Oak Hills pushed their record up to 17-6 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs per game. As for Serrano, their loss dropped their record down to 7-13-1.
Oak Hills took their victory against Serrano in their previous matchup back in March by a conclusive 6-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Oak Hills since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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