Baseball Recap: Pioneer falls despite strong effort from Andrew Watters

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 1:02pm

Baseball Recap: Pioneer Mustangs vs. Leland Chargers

Pioneer lost against Leland back in May of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Pioneer Mustangs lost 13-6 to the Leland Chargers.

Andrew Watters was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Noah Morales, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.

On Leland's side, they got a massive performance out of Tygan Coffey, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Cody Hardtke, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-5.

Pioneer has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-12 record this season. As for Leland, they pushed their record up to 15-7 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.

While Pioneer had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.

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