The Arcadia Apaches will head out on the road to face off against the Hart Indians at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Arcadia sitting on seven straight wins and Hart on nine.
Arcadia is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Westlake 2-1.
Gabriel Lopez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on two hits and racked up 11 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Arcadia saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Damian Catano, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Arlington typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Hart proved too difficult a challenge. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Lions a 3-0 shutout.
Arcadia pushed their record up to 22-7 with that win, which was their 13th straight at home. As for Hart, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 21 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-5 record this season.
Arcadia came out on top in a nail-biter against Hart when the teams last played back in March of 2022, sneaking past 5-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for Arcadia since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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