The Milpitas Trojans will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Branham Bruins at 12:00 p.m. Milpitas will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Milpitas put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They never let Fremont onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory.
Not much got past Josh Primicias, who gave up just two hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Fremont off the board.
At the plate, Nathan Pagba was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
While Branham couldn't quite beat Pioneer on Thursday, the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the eight-point defeat they were dealt on Tuesday. Branham fell just short of Pioneer by a score of 10-8. Branham has not had much luck with Pioneer recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Devin Gonzales made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Nickelson-Stamer, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Branham kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 16 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Milpitas has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Branham, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-4.
Milpitas might still be hurting after the 13-0 defeat they got from Branham in their previous meeting back in March of 2023. Thankfully for Milpitas, Nolan Rodriguez (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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