With a playoff game on the line, Cienega rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They beat the Verrado Vipers by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Cienega.
Not much got past David Davila, who gave up just six hits and racked up six Ks to keep Verrado off the board. Davila has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Anthony Montez was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Lute Chavez was another key contributor, going 3-for-3 with an RBI.
On Verrado's side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sam Hess, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Cienega's victory bumped their record up to 18-11. As for Verrado, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-16.
Cienega does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Verrado also has no future games currently scheduled.
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