Baseball Preview: Freedom Falcons vs. Pittsburg Pirates
Freedom is 2-8 against Pittsburg since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Freedom Falcons will head out on the road to take on the Pittsburg Pirates at 4:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Freedom fell victim to a rough 24-1 loss at the hands of De La Salle. Freedom has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Freedom saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Emmons, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Pittsburg can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Hayward as Pittsburg made off with a 15-1 win. The victory was familiar territory for Pittsburg who now have seven in a row.
Ty Thompson was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Cole Leschak was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Freedom's defeat dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Pittsburg, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-3.
Freedom might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Pittsburg in their previous matchup on Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pittsburg's Diego Deluna, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Now that Freedom knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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