Baseball Game Preview: Kennedale Wildcats vs. Pinkston Vikings

The Kennedale Wildcats will face off against the Pinkston Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Kennedale will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.

Kennedale proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 15) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Panther Creek 3-2.

Meanwhile, Pinkston never let their opponents score on Friday. They put the hurt on Lincoln with a sharp 18-0 win. The Vikings might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 games by six runs or more this season.

Jahvon Moreno and Luis Escorche made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Moreno tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Escorche didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than two hits in six consecutive appearances. At the plate, Moreno went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI, while Escorche went 1-for-2 with four stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. Those four stolen bases gave Escorche a new career-high.

In other batting news, Eric Pasillas and Sebastian Munoz did most of the damage at the plate: Pasillas went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one triple, while Munoz went a perfect 3-for-3 with four stolen bases, three runs, and one double. Those three hits gave Munoz a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Leonel Rico, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one double.

Pinkston was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .556. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Pinkston is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Kennedale, their win bumped their record up to 14-11.