Baseball Preview: Hyde Park Thunderbirds vs. ACERO Garcia Patriots
The Hyde Park Thunderbirds will head out on the road to square off against the ACERO Garcia Patriots at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hyde Park has five straight wins, ACERO Garcia has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Hyde Park sidestepped ACERO Garcia for an 8-7 victory.
For ACERO Garcia's part, Julian Alvarado and Isaiah Perez stepped up to the plate in a big way. Alvarado scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2, while Perez scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Even though they lost, ACERO Garcia didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Hyde Park's win was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for ACERO Garcia, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.
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