Baseball Preview: Palisades Dolphins vs. Banning Pilots
The Palisades Dolphins will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Banning Pilots at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Palisades is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering San Pedro just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 11-7 to the Pirates.
Palisades saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ian Sullivan, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Loos, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Palisades hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That's the fewest strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Banning lost a heartbreaker to Narbonne when they met back in May of 2023, and they left with a heavy heart again on Thursday. Banning fell just short of Narbonne by a score of 3-2. The defeat continues a trend for Banning in their matchups with Narbonne: they've now lost seven in a row.
Palisades now has a losing record at 13-14. As for Banning, their loss dropped their record down to 14-12.
Everything went Palisades' way against Banning when the teams last played back in March of 2022 as Palisades made off with a 12-0 win. Will Palisades repeat their success, or does Banning have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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