Baseball Preview: Sierra Timberwolves vs. Oakdale Mustangs
Sierra and Oakdale are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Sierra Timberwolves will head out on the road to take on the Oakdale Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Sierra will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Sierra can't be too worried about heading out to take on Oakdale: they just beat Manteca at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Sierra came out on top against Manteca by a score of 9-5 on Friday.
The team relied heavily on Jacob Morrow, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Travis Boyd was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Oakdale stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They blew past Kimball 12-0. Winning may never get old, but Oakdale sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Trey Parsons tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Glen Weber, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Maddox Dias, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Sierra's victory bumped their record up to 13-9. As for Oakdale, they pushed their record up to 19-5 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Everything went Sierra's way against Oakdale in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Sierra made off with an 8-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sierra since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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