The Alexander Bulldogs will face off against the Sinton Pirates at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Alexander's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They were the clear victors by a 7-0 margin over United.
Meanwhile, Sinton had already won 16 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.1 runs) and they went ahead and made it 17 on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Sandcrabs as they made off with an 11-0 win. The Pirates might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 games by seven runs or more this season.
Clay Mitchell made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run and one RBI.
In other batting news, Derek Garcia was excellent, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in March. Julian Suarez was another key player, going 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Sinton always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .576. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Calhoun only posted an OBP of .211.
Alexander is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Sinton, their win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-5-1.
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