Baseball Game Preview: Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes Storm Gold Storm vs. Hillcrest Panthers

The Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes Storm Gold Storm will head out to face off against the Hillcrest Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes Storm Gold has three straight wins, Hillcrest has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes Storm Gold's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave last Saturday, when they got past Parker-Tarrant HomeSchool's usually-dominant pitching crew. The Storm had just enough and edged out the Warriors 10-9.

Meanwhile, Hillcrest fell victim to Creekview and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They fell just short of the Mustangs by a score of 2-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Panthers have suffered since February 21st.

Hillcrest got a good showing from Joshua Pepper, who pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Pepper has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Hillcrest saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayden Pescador, who went 2-for-3 with one double. Julio Longa also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

Hillcrest's defeat dropped their record down to 15-8-1. As for Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes Storm Gold, their victory bumped their record up to 12-7-1.

Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes Storm Gold suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Hillcrest when the teams last played back in March. Can the Storm avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.