Baseball Preview: Como-Pickton Eagles vs. Alba-Golden Panthers
The Como-Pickton Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Alba-Golden Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Como-Pickton is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 10.1 runs per game this season.
Last Friday, Como-Pickton suffered a rough 19-6 loss at the hands of Ford. Como-Pickton has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Dane Oud made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with a home run, a triple, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Kobie Wright, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Como-Pickton didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 16 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ford only tossed eight.
Meanwhile, Alba-Golden waltzed into their contest on Friday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. Everything went their way against the Trojans as they made off with a 14-3 win. Considering Alba-Golden has won 11 matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Como-Pickton's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-9-1. As for Alba-Golden, they pushed their record up to 15-5 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Como-Pickton came up short against Alba-Golden when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 4-1. Can Como-Pickton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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