The Palmer Ridge Bears will venture away from home to square off against the Coronado Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Palmer Ridge has now lost seven straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since March 7.
Palmer Ridge came into this matchup off a tough ten-run loss on Saturday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Mesa Ridge by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Bears have suffered since May 8, 2024.
Meanwhile, Coronado didn't have quite enough to beat Widefield on Saturday and fell 13-12. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (11), the Cougars still had to take the loss.
Turner Whitney was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Oliver Freiling, who scored three runs while going 2-for-2.
Coronado's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Palmer Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Everything went Palmer Ridge's way against Coronado in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Palmer Ridge made off with a 20-10 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bears since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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