Baseball Preview: Twentynine Palms Wildcats vs. Desert Mirage RAMS
Twentynine Palms is 2-8 against Desert Mirage since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Twentynine Palms Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the Desert Mirage RAMS at 3:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Twentynine Palms is is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Friday. They fell victim to a rough 8-2 loss at the hands of Indio.
Salvador Ortiz spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and six unearned) runs on five hits.
At the plate, Twentynine Palms saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Barber, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Desert Mirage was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 10-0 walloping at the hands of Coachella Valley.
Twentynine Palms' loss dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Desert Mirage, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-17.
Twentynine Palms might still be hurting after the 8-2 loss they got from Desert Mirage in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Twentynine Palms, Jhovanny Sanchez (who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 16 over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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