Baseball Preview: Corning Cardinals vs. Oroville Tigers
Corning is on a six-game streak of home losses (dating back to last season), Oroville a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Corning Cardinals will take on the Oroville Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Corning will head into Friday's match ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Orland on Friday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the eight-run loss they were dealt on Tuesday. Corning fell just short of Orland by a score of 3-1.
Meanwhile, Oroville came up short against Wheatland on Wednesday and fell 6-2.
Tahrique Haley III was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Haley III was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Ethan Walker led a balanced group of hitters, going 2-for-3 with five RBI and a double. Degan Franklin was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
Even though they lost, Oroville didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 15 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Corning's defeat dropped their record down to 3-13-1. As for Oroville, their loss dropped their record down to 2-15-1.
Corning took their win against Oroville in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 11-4. Does Corning have another victory up their sleeve, or will Oroville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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