Nogales is 8-1 against Sahuarita since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Nogales Apaches will head out on the road to face off against the Sahuarita Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Nogales will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Nogales will head into Thursday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by six) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Desert View 10-8. With that win, Nogales brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Nogales saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sal Valenzuela, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Alan Durazo, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Sahuarita had to settle for a 7-5 defeat against Rio Rico on Thursday.
Nogales has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Sahuarita, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-11.
Nogales skirted past Sahuarita 4-3 in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Nogales 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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