The Reedley Pirates will square off against the Orosi Cardinals at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Orosi will be up against a hot Reedley squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Reedley never let Dos Palos get on the board and left with an 11-0 victory on Tuesday. While the Pirates didn't have the best season last year (they finished 11-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
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Rocky Garcia and Alex Rodriguez did most of the damage at the plate: Garcia scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 3-for-3, while Rodriguez scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Rodriguez has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Gage Betancourt, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
They weren't the only ones working in the hit department: Reedley kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least nine hits in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Orosi). They were the clear victor by a 15-1 margin over Alpaugh on Saturday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Cardinals considering their two-run performance the game before.
Reedley pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Orosi, their victory bumped their record up to 3-4-1.
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