Baseball Preview: Fort Bend Hightower Hurricanes vs. Fort Bend Clements Rangers
Fort Bend Hightower is 0-10 against Fort Bend Clements since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Fort Bend Hightower Hurricanes will look to defend their home field against the Fort Bend Clements Rangers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Fort Bend Hightower: 2.9, Fort Bend Clements: 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Tuesday, Fort Bend Hightower didn't have quite enough to beat Fort Bend Elkins and fell 3-2. Fort Bend Hightower has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Braylen Kizzee was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Kizzee was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, Angel Gutierrez was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Fort Bend Clements came into Tuesday's contest having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They put the hurt on Fort Bend Bush with a sharp 13-3 win on Tuesday. The victory was just what Fort Bend Clements needed coming off of a 10-4 defeat in their prior match.
Fort Bend Hightower's loss dropped their record down to 10-7-1. As for Fort Bend Clements, their win bumped their record up to 15-6.
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