Softball Preview: Mission Oak Hawks vs. Dinuba Emperors
After two games on the road, Mission Oak is heading back home. They will take on the Dinuba Emperors at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Mission Oak's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Dinuba's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Mission Oak stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They never let Hanford onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. Give Mission Oak's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Dinuba's offense. They lost 10-0 to Taft on Wednesday. The shutout was out of character for Dinuba seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
Mission Oak's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-6. As for Dinuba, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last 12 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-17 record this season.
Mission Oak beat Dinuba 8-5 in their previous meeting back in April. Will Mission Oak repeat their success, or does Dinuba have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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