Nickolas Atencio turned in his biggest game of the season in Saturday's first game, striking out 12 batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits (and only one walk). As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his fourth in a row with less than one earned run. For the season, Atencio has been strong no matter where he plays. On the mound, he has an ERA of 1.33 over 21 innings pitched. Meanwhile, at bat he has slashed 0.429/0.526/0.643 with 6 runs.
Atencio's strong effort led Del Norte over Center and he'll get a chance to do so again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 2:00 p.m. in Saturday's second game. Center is limping into the matchup having lost ten straight at home dating back to last season. There's no doubt they're looking for a change of fortune, will Del Norte have enough to stop it? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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