Baseball Game Preview: Pulaski on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 22, 2024, 2:30am

Baseball Preview: Pulaski Rams vs. Milwaukee Hamilton Wildcats

Pulaski is 0-3 against Milwaukee Hamilton since April of 2023 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Pulaski Rams will look to defend their home field against the Milwaukee Hamilton Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Pulaski can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent game last Tuesday. They blew past Milwaukee School of Languages 9-2. The win was familiar territory for Pulaski who now have four in a row.

Alex Scott was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Scott was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jose Portes, who went 1-for-1 with two stolen bases, two runs, and a triple. Jose Escobar was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

Meanwhile, Milwaukee Hamilton had just enough and edged Augustine Prep out 5-4 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Milwaukee Hamilton.

Yeray Arroyo Camacho was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.

Pulaski has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for Milwaukee Hamilton, their victory bumped their record up to 7-11.

Pulaski suffered a grim 13-2 defeat to Milwaukee Hamilton when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Pulaski avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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