Baseball Preview: Mooreland Bearcats vs. Cheyenne/Reydon Bears
The Mooreland Bearcats are on the road again on Thursday to play the Cheyenne/Reydon Bears at 3:00 p.m. Mooreland will be strutting in after a win while Cheyenne/Reydon will be coming in after a loss.
Last Saturday, Mooreland got the win against Oklahoma Bible by a conclusive 18-8. 18 seems to be a good number for Mooreland as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Baylor Short was a standout: he scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three straight games. Kase Donley was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
After soaring to a 12-point win in their last game, Cheyenne/Reydon came back down to earth on Tuesday. They fell just short of Shattuck by a score of 5-3. Cheyenne/Reydon has not had much luck with Shattuck recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Kyler Goad spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered five earned runs on eight hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Cheyenne/Reydon saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Martinez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Martinez has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
Mooreland pushed their record up to 5-6 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.7 runs per game. As for Cheyenne/Reydon, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.
Everything went Mooreland's way against Cheyenne/Reydon in their previous matchup back in March of 2023 as Mooreland made off with a 9-1 win. Will Mooreland repeat their success, or does Cheyenne/Reydon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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