Naiker Mendoza turned in nothing short of a gem on Friday: he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his third in a row with less than two hits allowed. On the season, Mendoza has been strong no matter where he plays. On the mound, he has an ERA of .72 over 9.7 innings pitched. Meanwhile, at bat he has slashed 0.529/0.619/0.706 with 9 runs, plus 11 stolen bases.
Mendoza's strong effort led Hubbard over Kelly and he'll get a chance to do so again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Mendoza has dominated as far as walks are concerned (he's averaged 0.8 per game this season), but he's got his work cut out for him considering Kelly has only allowed 6.25 per game this season.
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