The Desert Vista Thunder will be playing in front of their home fans against the Desert Ridge Jaguars at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Desert Ridge is hoping to do on Friday what Corona del Sol couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Desert Vista's winning streak, which now stands at six games. Desert Vista had just enough and edged Corona del Sol out 5-4.
Braden Burness made a big impact no matter where he played. He tossed five innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits. Burness was also big at the plate, going 3-for-3 with an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Bode Thomas, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Desert Ridge had just enough and edged Gilbert out 3-1 on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Desert Ridge has won by exactly two runs.
Desert Ridge also got a great performance from Ryan Dilger as he struck out 13 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Dilger has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Desert Vista has been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season. As for Desert Ridge, their win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-12-1.
Desert Vista came up short against Desert Ridge in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 6-3. Thankfully for Desert Vista, Jordan Holland (who pitched 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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