Baseball Preview: Borger Bulldogs vs. Hereford Whitefaces
Borger is 0-8-1 against Hereford since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Borger Bulldogs will head out on the road to challenge the Hereford Whitefaces at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Borger is is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Tuesday. They fell 11-7 to Randall.
Lincoln Buchannan put in work no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over 3.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Buchannan was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Tony Philips made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Hereford was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 10-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of Perryton. That's two games in a row now that Hereford has lost by exactly five runs.
Marcos Acosta was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Noah Zamora was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
Borger's record is now 5-20-1. As for Hereford, their record now sits at 14-9.
Borger came up short against Hereford in their previous meeting on April 2nd, falling 5-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hereford's Javen Lopez, who struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Now that Borger knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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