Freer pushed their score to seven the last time they played George West, but on Saturday they couldn't quite do it again. The Freer Buckaroos' pitchers stepped up to hand the George West Longhorns a 1-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Freer.
Eric Leal looked comfortable as he tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Freer's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Isaac Gonzalez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Freer has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for George West, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 20-22-1.
Freer will head out on the road to square off against Three Rivers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Three Rivers: 3.9, Freer: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned. George West does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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