The Yerba Buena Aztec Warriors are taking a road trip to take on the Mt. Pleasant Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Yerba Buena is looking for their season's first victory.
Yerba Buena came up short against Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday, falling 16-4.
For Mt. Pleasant's part, Nate Ortiz was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Ortiz was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Those hits were his first of the season.
In other batting news, Isaiah Pena was incredible, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and one triple. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Santiago Ramirez, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-4.
Mt. Pleasant always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .611. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
The win made it two in a row for Mt. Pleasant and bumps their season record up to 3-2. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 12 hits in those games compared to only 3.33 in the others. As for Yerba Buena, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
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