The Las Plumas Thunderbirds will take on the Corning Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Las Plumas has four straight victories, Corning has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Las Plumas' pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Oroville 6-0. Considering the Thunderbirds have won six contests by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Hunter George
| 04/11/25 @ Gridley | 7 |
| 02/25/25 @ Marysville | 5 |
| 04/04/25 vs Live Oak | 2 |
| 03/28/25 vs Lassen | 2 |
| 05/02/25 vs Oroville | 1 |
Not much got past Hunter George, who gave up just a hit and racked up 16 Ks to keep Oroville off the board. George has become a key player for Las Plumas: the team is undefeated when he allows at most two hits, but 6-8-2 otherwise.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Ethan Gramps, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Carlos Telly was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Corning challenged Live Oak on Friday. The Cardinals lost 8-2 to the Lions. That's two games in a row now that the Cardinals have lost by exactly six runs.
Corning saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brandon Cordova, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one RBI.
Corning's defeat dropped their record down to 2-16. As for Las Plumas, they now have a winning record of 9-8-2.
Las Plumas took their win against Corning in their previous matchup back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 8-1 score. Will the Thunderbirds repeat their success, or do the Cardinals have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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