Preview: La Villa Cardinals vs. Freer Buckaroos
La Villa is 1-6 against Freer since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The La Villa Cardinals will be playing at home against the Freer Buckaroos at 7:00 p.m. Neither La Villa nor Freer posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
La Villa fell victim to Premont and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. Their rough 13-0 defeat to the Cowboys might stick with them for a while. La Villa's loss continues an unfortunate trend for the team, making it three in a row.
Meanwhile, Freer never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They skirted past Kaufer 2-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Freer.
Peyton Borden made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 14 over seven innings pitched. Borden has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances. Borden was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and an RBI.
Borden wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Alex Gonzalez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
La Villa's defeat dropped their record down to 8-10. As for Freer, their win bumped their record up to 6-7.
La Villa might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from Freer when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Thankfully for La Villa, R.J. Garcia (who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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