The Orange Grove Bulldogs will face off against the Taft Greyhounds on Thursday. Orange Grove's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Taft's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Orange Grove is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Hondo on Saturday. They fell 6-2 to the Owls.
Orange Grove saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach Wright, who went 2-for-3 with one run. Caleb Barr also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
Meanwhile, Taft also suffered a loss in their last game, falling to Cuero by a score of 7-3.
Hunter Montemayor was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with two RBI.
Taft dropped their record down to 12-12-1 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Orange Grove, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-9-1.
Orange Grove came out on top in a nail-biter against Taft in their previous meeting back in April of 2022, sneaking past 7-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bulldogs since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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