The Justin Garza Guardians will head out to take on the Sanger Apaches at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The last three games Justin Garza has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
If Justin Garza beats Sanger with three runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Guardians beat Sanger West on Friday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-1. The win continues a trend for the Guardians in their matchups with the Hornets: they've now won three in a row.
Justin Garza's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Adam Harden, who went 1-for-4 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Sanger got themselves on the board against Edison on Friday, but Edison never followed suit. They blew past the Tigers 8-0. Considering the Apaches have won seven contests by more than seven runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Sanger is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Justin Garza, their record is now 6-13.
Justin Garza couldn't quite finish off Sanger in their previous matchup on April 8th and fell 4-2. Can the Guardians avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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