Baseball Preview: Galena Park Yellowjackets vs. Sharpstown Apollos
The Galena Park Yellowjackets will be playing at home against the Sharpstown Apollos at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Galena Park has nine straight victories, Sharpstown has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Galena Park is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Monday, just like they did against Wisdom (and have done all season long). Galena Park's pitcher stepped up to hand Wisdom a 14-0 shutout on Friday.
Jacob Gutierrez was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Gutierrez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Gutierrez was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, Joel Jimenez was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Gabriel Rivera, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Sharpstown had to settle for a 6-5 defeat against Wisdom two weeks ago.
Galena Park has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Sharpstown, their loss dropped their record down to 1-11.
Galena Park took their win against Sharpstown when the teams last played back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 12-0. Does Galena Park have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sharpstown turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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