After two games on the road, Yuma is heading back home. They will take on the Shadow Mountain Matadors at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Yuma is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
Last Saturday, Yuma sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 win over Moon Valley. That's two games straight that Yuma has won by exactly two runs.
Yuma got a great performance from Antonio Fierro as he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Jaime Ruelas was incredible, scoring a run and stealing five bases while going 3-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaiah Villalobos - Orozco, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and a run.
Meanwhile, Shadow Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of North Canyon by a score of 4-3.
Yuma has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a massive bump to their 17-7-1 record this season. As for Shadow Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-18.
Yuma skirted past Shadow Mountain 3-1 in their previous meeting on Thursday. Will Yuma repeat their success, or does Shadow Mountain have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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