Baseball Preview: Trinidad Miners vs. Lamar Thunder
Trinidad is 0-10 against Lamar since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Trinidad Miners are on the road again to play the Lamar Thunder at 3:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Saturday, Trinidad suffered a tough 11-5 loss at the hands of Ellicott.
Trinidad saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaleb Valdez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Lamar's offense. They fell 3-0 to Pueblo East on Tuesday. Lamar's defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Trinidad now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Lamar, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 4-3.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Trinidad has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 10.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Lamar struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Trinidad might still be hurting after the 15-0 defeat they got from Lamar in their previous matchup back in April of 2019. Thankfully for Trinidad, Jaime Vazquez (who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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