Mission is 4-0 against O'Connell since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Mission Bears will head out on the road to face off against the O'Connell Boilermakers at 3:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mission has eight straight victories, O'Connell has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mission is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Balboa (and have done all season long). Mission put the hurt on Balboa with a sharp 11-1 win on Wednesday.
Rowan Powell and Adrian Chiavarria made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Powell tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Chiavarria didn't allow a single hit, only one earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched. At bat, Powell scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3, while Chiavarria scored a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Angel Corona was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Alani Krejci, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
O'Connell lost 14-1 to Mission last Monday.
Mission is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for O'Connell, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything went Mission's way against O'Connell in their previous meeting last Monday as Mission made off with a 14-1 victory. Will Mission repeat their success, or does O'Connell have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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