Baseball Preview: Pinnacle Pioneers vs. Gilbert Tigers
The Pinnacle Pioneers will be playing at home against the Gilbert Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Pinnacle is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Basha, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Pinnacle was ranked 21st). Pinnacle fell 11-7 to Basha on Saturday. Pinnacle's defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Pinnacle saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colin Follmer, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Matt Smith, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Gilbert lost 11-2 to Queen Creek on Saturday. The loss continues a trend for Gilbert in their matchups with Queen Creek: they've now lost five in a row.
Pinnacle's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-12-1. As for Gilbert, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-14.
Pinnacle took their win against Gilbert when the teams last played back in March of 2016 by a conclusive 12-0. Will Pinnacle repeat their success, or does Gilbert have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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