The Clovis West Golden Eagles will face off against the Centennial Golden Hawks at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Clovis West 1.8, Centennial 1.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Clovis West's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top against Kingsburg by a score of 5-0. That's two games straight that the Golden Eagles have won by exactly five runs.
Jace Cortez
| 03/20/25 vs Kingsburg | 2 |
| 02/28/25 @ Righetti | 1 |
| 04/17/24 @ Clovis East | 1 |
| 02/27/24 vs Justin Garza | 1 |
Clovis West's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jace Cortez, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI. The dominant performance gave Cortez a new career-high in hits. Marcus Jackson also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
Meanwhile, Centennial entered their matchup against Ridgeview on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Centennial fell just short of Ridgeview by a score of 2-1.
The victory made it two in a row for Clovis West and bumps their season record up to 4-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Centennial, their loss dropped their record down to 5-2.
Clovis West was able to grind out a solid win over Centennial in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, winning 6-3. Will Clovis West repeat their success, or does Centennial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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