Baseball Preview: Little Village Phoenix vs. Hubbard Greyhounds
Little Village is 0-4 against Hubbard since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Little Village Phoenix are on the road again to play the Hubbard Greyhounds at 4:30 p.m.
Little Village's 12-5 record from last season is now well into the rear view mirror after another tough outing. They fell victim to a rough 9-3 loss at the hands of Curie on Monday.
Joshua Villegas was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing three bases while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Hubbard entered their tilt with Hancock with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They blew past the Eagles 12-2. The result was nothing new for Hubbard, who have now won seven matchups by eight runs or more so far this season.
The team relied heavily on Serafin Millan, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3. Elijah Ruiz was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
Little Village's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Hubbard, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Little Village couldn't quite finish off Hubbard in their previous matchup back in April of 2016 and fell 9-7. Can Little Village avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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