Baseball Preview: Banning Pilots vs. Roybal Titans
The Banning Pilots will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Roybal Titans at 7:00 p.m. Banning will be strutting in after a win while Roybal will be coming in after a loss.
In what's become a running theme this season, Banning gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. They put the hurt on San Pedro with a sharp 11-2 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Banning considering their one-run performance the game before.
Jason Torres and Phillip Melgoza did most of the damage at the plate: Torres scored a run while going 3-for-4, while Melgoza scored three runs while going 3-for-4. Robert Guerrero was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Roybal unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 5-2 to Hollywood. Having soared to a lofty 32 runs in the game before, Roybal couldn't push the score so high this time.
Banning is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Roybal, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-7.
Banning skirted past Roybal 4-3 when the teams last played back in May of 2021. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Roybal's Luis Fernandez, who struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be that much easier for Banning to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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