The Pittsburg Pirates will head out on the road to take on the Heritage Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Pittsburg: 2.4, Heritage: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Pittsburg unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 5-1 to American Canyon.
Pittsburg saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Leschak, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Heritage ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They came out on top against Liberty by a score of 10-5. With that win, Heritage brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Heritage also got a great performance from Logan Nelson as he tossed five innings while giving up three earned runs off only two hits. Nelson has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Gio Martini, who went 3-for-5 with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double. Another player making a difference was Aidan Rangel, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-5.
Pittsburg's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-4. As for Heritage, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-3-1.
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