Baseball Game Preview: Byron Nelson Bobcat vs. Coronado Thunderbirds

For the second straight game, Byron Nelson will face off against Coronado. The Bobcat will take on the Thunderbirds at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Byron Nelson's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Coronado's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Byron Nelson is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 9-4 victory over Coronado. That's two games straight that the Bobcat have won by exactly five runs.

For Coronado's part, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayden Hernandez, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.

Byron Nelson is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-10-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.1 runs on average over those games. As for Coronado, the defeat snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 25-11 record.