Baseball Game Preview: Rancho Dominguez Lobos vs. Banning Pilots

For the second straight game, Rancho Dominguez will face off against Banning. The Lobos will face off against the Pilots at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Banning hit Rancho Dominguez with a five-run fifth inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Lobos lost 9-2 to the Pilots. The Lobos have struggled against the Pilots recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost meeting.

For Banning's part, the team relied heavily on AJ Herrera, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three runs. Another player making a difference was Pedro Ibanez-Eddy, who went 2-for-4 with two runs.

The win (which was Banning's seventh in a row) raised their record to 18-8. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Rancho Dominguez, their loss dropped their record down to 10-9.