Nogales is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Catalina Foothills is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Nogales Apaches will take on the Catalina Foothills Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Catalina Foothills took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Nogales, who comes in off a win.
After only two runs in their last game, Nogales made sure to put some runs up on the board against Buena on Friday. Nogales came out on top against Buena by a score of 10-6.
Denzel Montijo was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Ralph Felix, who scored a run while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Catalina Foothills faced Salpointe Catholic in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Catalina Foothills fell just short of Salpointe Catholic by a score of 3-2. Catalina Foothills was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the three contests prior) but Salpointe Catholic's pitchers proved too tough.
Catalina Foothills saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nate Shoemaker, who went 1-for-4 with a stolen base.
Nogales has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. As for Catalina Foothills, their loss dropped their record down to 17-6.
Nogales came up short against Catalina Foothills when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 6-1. Thankfully for Nogales, Ethan Bell (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over 6.1 innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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