Armijo played against Florin on Thursday and lost via forfeit.
Maze Salerno put in work while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero). He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one run and one double.
In other pitching news, Colton Novak got Armijo off to a strong start despite the final result, pitching one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Those zero hits allowed gave Novak a new career-low.
Back at the plate, Ryan Barletta and Diego Vallejos did some serious damage despite the final result: Barletta went 3-for-4 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run, while Vallejos went 1-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Isaiah Rojas was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and one stolen base.
Armijo is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-13. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 1.75 runs. As for Florin, their win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-9.
Armijo wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next contest, a 7-1 victory against West Campus on the 22nd. As for Florin, they will head out to face off against Foothill at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Panthers will need to watch out since the Mustangs have now posted at least ten runs in their last three games.
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