Baseball Preview: Pinnacle Pioneers vs. Desert Vista Thunder
The Pinnacle Pioneers will head out on the road to face off against the Desert Vista Thunder at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Desert Vista took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Pinnacle, who comes in off a win.
On Tuesday, it was close, but Pinnacle sidestepped Gilbert for a 4-3 victory.
Noah Weiss tossed a big game, tossing 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Brayden Bullard was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Colin Follmer, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Desert Vista faced Mountain Ridge in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Desert Vista lost 11-2 to Mountain Ridge. Desert Vista has struggled against Mountain Ridge recently, as their game on Tuesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Desert Vista saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex McKee, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Pinnacle is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-12-1 record this season. As for Desert Vista, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-10.
Pinnacle came out on top in a nail-biter against Desert Vista in their previous meeting back in March, sneaking past 4-3. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Desert Vista's PJ Alig, who struck out seven batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Pinnacle still be able to contain Alig? There's only one way to find out.
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