Baseball Game Preview: Mission Bay Heads Out

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 10:22am

Baseball Preview: Mission Bay Buccaneers vs. Coronado Islanders

The Mission Bay Buccaneers will head out on the road to take on the Coronado Islanders at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The last four games Mission Bay has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.

Mission Bay's hitters might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Clairemont on Friday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (1-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time.

Harold Gildehaus was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched.

On the hitting side, Mission Bay saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Gallego, who went 1-for-3 with a double.

Meanwhile, Coronado has not done well against Christian recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Everything went Coronado's way against Christian as Coronado made off with a 10-1 win. The victory was some much needed relief for Coronado as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.

Mission Bay's record now sits at 15-10. As for Coronado, their win bumped their record up to 14-12.

Mission Bay came up short against Coronado in their previous matchup back in May of 2018, falling 5-2. Can Mission Bay avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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