Baseball Game Preview: Millennium Tigers vs. Tolleson Wolverines

The Millennium Tigers will head out to challenge the Tolleson Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tolleson took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Millennium, who comes in off a win.

On Wednesday, everything went Millennium's way against Horizon as Millennium made off with a 10-4 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.

Felix Santana spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered four earned runs on six hits.

On the hitting side, Millennium let Josue Malave and Preston Armstrong run wild. Malave scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Armstrong got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three RBI and one double. That's the most runs Malave has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Perrin, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, Tolleson started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Casteel. They came up short against the Colts on Monday, falling 8-1.

DIEGO SERNA was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 5.1 innings while giving up five earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits.

At the plate, Tolleson saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was XAVIER MARTINEZ, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI. AMARI LUCAS also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.

Millennium's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Tolleson, they dropped their record down to 1-3-1 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.

Millennium was able to grind out a solid win over Tolleson in their previous matchup back in April of 2018, winning 4-0. Does Millennium have another victory up their sleeve, or will Tolleson turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.