Baseball Game Preview: Gilbert Indians vs. Midland Valley Mustangs

For the second straight game, Gilbert will face off against Midland Valley. Gilbert will be playing at home against Midland Valley at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Gilbert has nine straight victories, Midland Valley has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

If Gilbert beats Midland Valley with eight runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Gilbert walked away with an 8-3 win over Midland Valley on Monday.

For Midland Valley's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Johnson, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI. Johnson has become a key player for Midland Valley: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least three hits, but 0-7-1 otherwise.

Gilbert pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Midland Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8-1.