Baseball Preview: Greenwood Rangers vs. Pecos Eagles
The Greenwood Rangers will head out on the road to take on the Pecos Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Greenwood is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
Greenwood fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Seminole on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Indians by a score of 5-4.
Graeson Register was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out 14 batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Dylan Dominguez and Britton Finch did some serious damage despite the final result: Dominguez scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Finch scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
Even though they lost, Greenwood didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 16 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Pecos pushed their score all the way to ten on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell victim to a tough 22-10 loss at the hands of Andrews.
Noah Bueno made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Greenwood's record now sits at 12-10-1. As for Pecos, their record is now 12-10.
Greenwood was able to grind out a solid victory over Pecos when the teams last played back in March, winning 8-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for Greenwood since the squad 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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