The Royal Highlanders will venture away from home to challenge the Bellflower Buccaneers at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Royal is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
On Wednesday, Royal didn't have quite enough to beat Ventura and fell 4-3.
Dustin Dunnwoody was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than one walk in six consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Royal saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Vasquez, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Bellflower waltzed into their match on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the Stars by a score of 4-1.
Bellflower pushed their record up to 9-11 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Royal, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-4.
Royal came out on top in a nail-biter against Bellflower in their previous matchup back in March of 2016, sneaking past 3-2. Do the Highlanders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Buccaneers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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