For the second straight game, Mark Keppel will face off against Alhambra. The Aztecs will face off against the Moors at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Mark Keppel has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with seven straight defeats, while Alhambra will come in with four straight victories.
Mark Keppel lost 17-1 to Alhambra on Tuesday.
For Alhambra's part, they got a massive performance out of Gavin Escobedo, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Those three runs gave Escobedo a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of George Jimenez, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, one triple, and one run.
Alhambra always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .659. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .562 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Alhambra's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-3-1. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Mark Keppel, their loss dropped their record down to 3-15.
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