Baseball Preview: Twelve Bridges Raging Rhinos vs. Bella Vista Broncos
Twelve Bridges has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Bella Vista Broncos at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Twelve Bridges knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with flashy run totals in its past four matches -- so hopefully Bella Vista likes a good challenge.
Twelve Bridges' hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Saturday, when they got past Las Plumas' usually-dominant pitching crew. Twelve Bridges' pitchers stepped up to hand Las Plumas an 11-0 shutout.
Diego Castro looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, James Romanov and Logan Sanders did most of the damage at the plate: Romanov got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a triple, a stolen base, and a run, while Sanders went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Jameson Barnes, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Bella Vista suffered a tough 8-2 defeat at the hands of Woodcreek on Tuesday.
Bella Vista saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alec Murray, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Twelve Bridges has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season. As for Bella Vista, their loss dropped their record down to 14-6-1.
Twelve Bridges might still be hurting after the 13-3 defeat they got from Bella Vista in their previous meeting back in March of 2023. Can Twelve Bridges avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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