The Porterville Panthers will be playing at home against the El Diamante Miners at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. El Diamante took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Porterville, who comes in off a win.
Porterville will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Wednesday, then bounced right back against Golden West on Saturday. Porterville walked away with a 10-6 victory over Golden West.
Louie Torres made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out 13 batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Torres was also big at the plate, going 4-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ethan Enriquez, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Renato Navarro, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, El Diamante fell victim to Mt. Whitney and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (3-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. They have not had much luck with Mt. Whitney recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Eli Palomino was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit.
Porterville is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. As for El Diamante, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-16.
Everything went Porterville's way against El Diamante in their previous matchup back in April as Porterville made off with a 15-6 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was El Diamante's Colin Horton, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Porterville still be able to contain Horton? There's only one way to find out.
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