Baseball Game Preview: MacArthur Brahmas vs. Southwest Dragons

By Team Reports Mar 8, 2025, 1:57am

Baseball Preview: MacArthur Brahmas vs. Southwest Dragons

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The MacArthur Brahmas will head out on the road to take on the Southwest Dragons at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. MacArthur's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Southwest's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

MacArthur is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They walked away with a 13-8 win over McCollum on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Brahmas.

J.T. Gray

Runs

03/07/25 vs McCollum2
03/04/25 @ Southwest Legacy2
02/28/25 vs Burbank2
02/25/25 vs Winn2
03/01/25 @ Sotomayor1

The team relied heavily on J.T. Gray, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. MacArthur is undefeated when Gray posts two or more runs, but 2-3 otherwise. Andrew Moneer also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.

Meanwhile, Southwest entered their tilt with South San Antonio on Friday with three consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with four. They put the hurt on the Bobcats with a sharp 9-1 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Dragons have posted against the Bobcats since March 4, 2022.

Jovonny Amador and David Samudio did most of the damage at the plate: Amador scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Samudio scored two runs and stole Three bases. while going 3-for-4. Those three stolen bases gave Samudio a new career-high. Romeo Castillo was another key player, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases and one RBI.

Southwest kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South San Antonio only managed five hits.

MacArthur's record now sits at 6-3. As for Southwest, their record now sits at 6-2-1.

Southwest's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Tuesday. MacArthur has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.3 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Southwest, though, as they've been averaging only 4 strikeouts. Will MacArthur keep running through batters, or will Southwest buck the trend?

MacArthur came up short against Southwest in their previous matchup back in March of 2016, falling 8-3. Can MacArthur avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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