Baseball Preview: Pioneer Diamondbacks vs. McAllen Memorial Mustangs
Pioneer is 7-2 against McAllen Memorial since February of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Pioneer Diamondbacks will head out on the road to face off against the McAllen Memorial Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Pioneer: 3.4, McAllen Memorial: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Pioneer proved they can win big on Friday (they won by ten) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past McAllen Memorial 4-2. Winning may never get old, but Pioneer sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
For McAllen Memorial's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emilio Preza, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Pioneer is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for McAllen Memorial, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-9.
McAllen Memorial's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Pioneer hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .378. It's a different story for McAllen Memorial, though, as they've only averaged .258. Will they be able to contain Pioneer's hitters? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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