Baseball Preview: Pueblo Central Wildcats vs. Pueblo Centennial Bulldogs
Pueblo Central is 9-1 against Pueblo Centennial since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Pueblo Central Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pueblo Centennial Bulldogs at 1:00 p.m. Pueblo Central will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Pueblo Central will head into Wednesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 14) but on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 win over Durango.
The team relied heavily on Zach Mehess, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Arguello, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Pueblo Centennial's offense. They lost 11-0 to Pueblo South on Tuesday. Pueblo Centennial just can't catch a break and has now endured three losses in a row.
Pueblo Centennial saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Adyn Jara, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Pueblo Central is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Pueblo Centennial, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-16.
Pueblo Central came out on top in a nail-biter against Pueblo Centennial when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Pueblo Centennial's Landen Lenn, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over 6.1 innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Pueblo Central still be able to contain Lenn? There's only one way to find out.
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