On Thursday, the Lemoore Tigers kept a clean sheet against the Dinuba Emperors. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Emperors 1-0. Saul Espinoza had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Lemoore.
Lemoore has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-9-5 record this season. As for Dinuba, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-11.
Lemoore will head out on the road to challenge Hanford at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hanford's last three contests have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. Dinuba does not have any more games scheduled as of now.