The top-ranked Superior baseball team defeated 2A conference No. 4-ranked San
Tan Foothills on the road last Friday, 8 – 2.
The Panthers, who are now 18 – 3 on the season, scored a run in the first, two in the third, three more in the fourth and a pair in the fifth. The Sabercats scored both of their runs in the fifth, already trailing, 8 – 0.
Edgar Galindo went 2-for-4, including a double and a homerun, and drove in a run. Nicolaus Cruz doubled for one of his two hits in the game, in which he had two RBI. Kale Major also went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and Steven Ybarra doubled and had an RBI. The Panthers totaled six extra-base hits in the win.
On the mound, Cruz earned the win, going five innings and allowing only two runs – one earned – on two hits with five strikeouts and five walks. Galindo pitched two scoreless innings in relief.