Mission is 1-9 against Lowell since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Mission Bears will be staying on the road to face off against the Lowell Cardinals at 3:30 p.m. Mission is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.4 runs per game this season.
Mission is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They came out on top against The Academy - San Francisco by a score of 4-1.
Rowan Powell spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up 11 Ks.
On the hitting side, Mission saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Diego Ramirez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4. Ramirez has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last eight times he's played. Another player making a difference was Angel Corona, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lowell had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.9 runs), and they went ahead and made it nine on Wednesday. They never let the Pumas onto the board and left with a 7-0 win. Lowell might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 17 matches by six runs or more this season.
Mission has been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-10 record this season. As for Lowell, they pushed their record up to 19-5-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Mission suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Lowell in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Mission avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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