The Pearland Oilers will face off against the Ridge Point Panthers at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Pearland's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Sam Rayburn 10-0. The Oilers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by six runs or more this season.
John Leggett tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up a single earned run any time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Aidan Avalos was incredible, scoring a run and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-3. Those stolen bases marked the first that he snagged this season. Cade Adams was another key player, scoring a run and stealing Two bases. while going 1-for-2.
Pearland always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .517. The last time their OBP was this high was back in May of 2024.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ridge Point). Everything went their way against Foster on Monday as Ridge Point made off with a 21-7 victory. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Pearland has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. The victory got Ridge Point back to even at 4-4-1.
Pearland beat Ridge Point 4-1 in their previous matchup back in March of 2024. Will Pearland repeat their success, or does Ridge Point have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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