Baseball Preview: Mountain Pine Red Devils vs. Kirby Trojans
Mountain Pine is 3-0 against Kirby since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Mountain Pine Red Devils will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Kirby Trojans, where first pitch is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
On Tuesday, Mountain Pine suffered a rough 10-3 defeat at the hands of Aurora Christian.
Mountain Pine saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cale Slaten, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Kirby was not able to break out of their rough patch on March 12th as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 16-1 walloping at the hands of Centerpoint. That's two games in a row now that Kirby has lost by exactly 15 runs.
Mountain Pine's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Kirby, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Everything went Mountain Pine's way against Kirby in their previous matchup back in March of 2022 as Mountain Pine made off with a 21-2 win. Will Mountain Pine repeat their success, or does Kirby have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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