The Del Norte Nighthawks have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Montgomery Aztecs at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Montgomery took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Del Norte, who comes in off a win.
Del Norte is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Santana onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory.
The team relied heavily on Addison Klepsch, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Liam O'Day, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Montgomery's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Poway by a score of 3-2.
Juan Iniguez was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Josh Trujillo was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double.
Del Norte's win bumped their record up to 14-16. As for Montgomery, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-15.
Del Norte came up short against Montgomery in their previous matchup on Wednesday, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Montgomery's Luis Torres, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that Del Norte knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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