Baseball Preview: Life Prep Fire vs. Ozark Tigers
The Life Prep Fire will be staying on the road in their first game on Saturday to face off against the Ozark Tigers at 3:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Life Prep is ranked highly in their home state, and in their second game on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Tuttle. Life Prep fell just short of Tuttle by a score of 5-4. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Life Prep in their matchups with Tuttle: they've now lost three in a row.
Emmanuel Gonzalez was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched seven innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits (he also only allowed one walk).
At the plate, Life Prep saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Juan Isidro, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-5. Isidro has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times he's played.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Ozark's offense. They fell just short of Nixa by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday. Ozark's loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Life Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Ozark, their loss dropped their record down to 9-6.
Life Prep came out on top in a nail-biter against Ozark in their previous meeting back in April of 2022, sneaking past 8-6. Does Life Prep have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ozark turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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