The Bonham Warriors will head out on the road to face off against the Van Alstyne Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bonham is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.
Bonham came into this matchup off a tough six-run loss on Monday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Celina by a score of 3-1 on Friday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Bonham saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Piper Stafford, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Van Alstyne had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Leopards a 20-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won 12 games by six runs or more so far this season.
Van Alstyne's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-5. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.5 runs on average over those games. As for Bonham, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 9-10-1 record this season.
Bonham might still be hurting after the 16-0 defeat they got from Van Alstyne in their previous matchup back in March. Can the Warriors avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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