Baseball Preview: Columbia Roughnecks vs. La Marque Cougars
Columbia is 10-0 against La Marque since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Columbia Roughnecks will be playing at home against the La Marque Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Columbia's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so La Marque's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Last Tuesday, Columbia was able to grind out a solid victory over Bay City, taking the game 5-1.
Roman Garza spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits.
On the hitting side, Grant Thrasher was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Fred Kirschner, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, La Marque was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 18th straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 20-0 walloping at the hands of Iowa Colony.
Columbia's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-7-1. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.3 runs per game. As for La Marque, their loss dropped their record down to 1-18.
Everything went Columbia's way against La Marque when the teams last played back in March as Columbia made off with a 14-2 victory. Will Columbia repeat their success, or does La Marque have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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