Thunderbird was the 9-2 winner over Lakewood when they last played one another back in March of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Thunderbird Titans fell 9-6 to the Lakewood Tigers on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that the Titans have lost by exactly three runs.
Thunderbird got a good showing from Anton Moya, who tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave Moya a new career-low in earned runs (zero).
On the hitting side, Austin Coates made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. Andrew Cohill was another key player, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
This is the second loss in a row for Thunderbird and nudges their season record down to 7-5. As for Lakewood, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
Looking ahead, Thunderbird will face off against Moon Valley at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Moon Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season. As for Lakewood, they will take on Deer Valley at 1:00 p.m. on Friday.
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