Baseball Game Preview: Glendale Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 3:17am

Baseball Preview: Glendale Falcons vs. West Plains Zizzers

The Glendale Falcons will head out on the road to take on the West Plains Zizzers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Glendale is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Joplin on Tuesday as Glendale made off with a 19-4 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Meanwhile, West Plains came tearing into Tuesday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Vikings with a sharp 13-6 win.

Glendale is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season. As for West Plains, their victory bumped their record up to 21-2.

Glendale beat West Plains 5-0 in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Glendale 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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