Baseball Game Preview: Paramount Pirates vs. Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits

The Paramount Pirates will challenge the Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Paramount 4, Long Beach Poly 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Wednesday just wasn't the day for Paramount's offense. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Paul on Wednesday. The game marked the first time this year in which the Pirates were not able to get on the board.

Nicholas Medina

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Paramount saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nicholas Medina, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base. Medina is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last four games he's played.

Meanwhile, Long Beach Poly had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They were the clear victors by a 7-1 margin over the Pirates.

Damian Marquez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered a run (which was unearned) on three hits. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Long Beach Poly is 4-2 when he allows at most one earned run, but 6-8 otherwise.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Giovanni Migliazza, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. What's more, he posted two RBI, the most he's had since back in February. Another player making a difference was Tate Hammond, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Long Beach Poly pushed their record up to 10-10 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.3 runs over those games. As for Paramount, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-9.

Paramount suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to Long Beach Poly when the teams last played on Tuesday. Can the Pirates avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.