Baseball Game Preview: Leigh Longhorns vs. Westmont Warriors

By Team Reports Mar 20, 2024, 5:52am

Preview: Leigh Longhorns vs. Westmont Warriors

Leigh is 8-2 against Westmont since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Leigh Longhorns will look to defend their home field against the Westmont Warriors at 4:00 p.m. The last three games Leigh has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.

On Tuesday, Leigh never let their opponents score. They skirted past Westmont 2-0.

Leigh saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brandon Kim, who went 1-for-4 with a double.

Leigh is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Westmont, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-4.

Thursday's game will pit two of the most dominant two-way players against one another: Ollie Obenour and Mason Pound. Obenour has put up some stellar numbers this year, and currently owns excellent season averages has an ERA of 2.80 over 9.3 innings pitched. For his part, Pound has averaged has an ERA of 1.44 over 24.1 innings pitched.

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