The Armijo Royals will face off against the Foothill Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Armijo's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Foothill has been banged up by 15 consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Armijo's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past West Campus 16-0. The Royals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by eight runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Foothill came into Thursday's contest having lost ten straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They walked away with an 11-6 win over Florin on Thursday.
Aiden Carvalho made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, one run, and one double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Julian Tripp, who went 3-for-5 with one triple, two RBI, and one run. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Ryan Sylvester was another key player, going 1-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
Foothill was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Florin only posted a batting average of .231.
Armijo is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-8-1 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Foothill, their win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-11 and their overall record up to 4-19.
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