Baseball Preview: Pleasant Hope Pirates vs. Marionville Comets
Pleasant Hope is 0-10 against Marionville since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Pleasant Hope Pirates will be playing at home against the Marionville Comets at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Pleasant Hope beats Marionville with seven runs on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Pleasant Hope had just enough and edged Sarcoxie out 7-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Pleasant Hope.
Meanwhile, Marionville scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Thursday. They put the hurt on Ash Grove with a sharp 17-8 victory. Considering Marionville has won five games by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Jace Vickers made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Vickers was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-5. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
In other batting news, Marionville let Isaac Stimpson and Will Crumpley loose on the outfield. Stimpson went 4-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI, while Crumpley scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Stimpson has been hot recently, having posted at least one triple the last four times he's played. Owen Bright was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Pleasant Hope's win bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Marionville, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 10-4.
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