Baseball Recap: McAlester Buffaloes vs. Pryor Tigers
McAlester had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They walked away with a 5-2 victory over the Pryor Tigers on Thursday. For McAlester, this counts as revenge for the 9-5 loss Pryor walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2023.
Max Harmon tossed a big game, pitching six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits.
At the plate, McAlester saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Watkins, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Gunner Hodgell was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base.
On Pryor's side, Riley Hurst was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base and a double.
Even though they lost, Pryor didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as McAlester only tossed five.
McAlester's win bumped their record up to 19-13. As for Pryor, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 21-12.
McAlester will be playing at home against Oktaha at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Oktaha will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last. As for Pryor, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Bartlesville at 5:00 p.m. Pryor's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Bartlesville's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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