The El Diamante Miners will be taking part in a tournament against the Westminster Lions at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
El Diamante made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Porterville, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Miners blew past the Panthers 10-3 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Miners.
Maya Moore tossed a big game, tossing 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (four).
Mikayla Moreno
| 04/10/25 vs Porterville | 3 |
| 04/08/25 @ Mt. Whitney | 2 |
| 03/19/25 vs Mission Oak | 2 |
| 05/07/24 vs Porterville | 2 |
| 05/02/24 @ Mt. Whitney | 2 |
On the hitting side, Mikayla Moreno was a standout: she scored three runs while going 3-for-4. Those three hits gave her a new career-high. Lilliana Lopez also deserves some recognition as she hit her first double of the season.
El Diamante was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Westminster won against Santa Ana on Friday with ten runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Lions never let Tustin get on the board and left with a 10-0 win. Winning may never get old, but the Lions sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Westminster got a massive performance out of Naomi Miranda, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Lily Alvarez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
El Diamante's record is now 5-7-1. As for Westminster, their record now sits at 7-8.
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