The Pinnacle Pioneers will take on the Higley Knights at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Pinnacle easily dispatched Sunnyslope on Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Pinnacle fell just short of Liberty by a score of 10-8 on Thursday. The Pioneers have struggled against the Lions recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Ben Stowe made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run and four RBI. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Colin Follmer was another key player, scoring a run while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Higley's offense. They fell just short of Queen Creek by a score of 1-0 on Thursday.
Alan Macias was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over 6.1 innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in walks (zero).
At the plate, Higley saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gio Liburdi, who went 1-for-2 with one double.
Pinnacle's loss dropped their record down to 7-7-1. As for Higley, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-6.
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