Vista Grande entered their tilt with Tempe with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They never let the Tempe Buffaloes onto the board and left with an 18-0 win on Friday. With that victory, Vista Grande brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.
Eltorna Gant III looked comfortable as he struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk).
On the hitting side, Vista Grande let Preston Abel and Zekiel Lopez loose on the outfield. Abel went 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI, while Lopez went 3-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Hector Isaac Venegas Valenzuela, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Vista Grande has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season. As for Tempe, they dropped their record down to 1-14 with that defeat, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Vista Grande will have a chance to go back-to-back against Tempe: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
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