The Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Mustangs will head out on the road to square off against the Drummond Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pioneer-Pleasant Vale is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last eight games.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between Pioneer-Pleasant Vale and Timberlake, and Pioneer-Pleasant Vale kept the tradition alive. The Mustangs put the hurt on the Tigers with a sharp 16-0 win on Monday. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 19 contests by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Drummond suffered their closest defeat since April 2, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of Chisholm by a score of 4-2. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, the Bulldogs couldn't push the score so high this time.
Drummond saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Edwards, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale pushed their record up to 26-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Drummond, their loss ended a nine-game streak of away wins and brought them to 23-4.
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale couldn't quite get it done against Drummond when the teams last played back in March as they fell 6-1. Can the Mustangs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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