Baseball Preview: Odem Owls vs. George West Longhorns
The Odem Owls will be playing at home against the George West Longhorns at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Odem is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
After soaring to a ten-point win in their last game, Odem came back down to earth on Tuesday. They fell just short of Mathis by a score of 8-6. Odem has struggled against Mathis recently, as their contest on Tuesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Aiden Lozano made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Hunter Ford, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, George West entered their tilt with Aransas Pass with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Everything went their way against the Panthers on Tuesday as they made off with a 12-4 victory. 12 seems to be a good number for George West as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Adam Duran made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks). Duran was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, George West let Jaxson Alaniz and Davian Zuniga loose on the outfield. Alaniz got on base in all five of his plate appearances with a double and an RBI, while Zuniga scored a run and stole four bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. Zuniga has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Trevor Poe, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Odem's defeat dropped their record down to 10-13-1. As for George West, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-18-1 record this season.
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