The Morro Bay Pirates will square off against the Fowler Redcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Morro Bay is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They never let Hoover get on the board and left with a 7-0 win. Winning may never get old, but the Pirates sure are getting used to it with their seventh in a row.
Morro Bay got a great performance from Eli Brown as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Quentin Crotts, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Joseph Skaggs, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Fowler waltzed into their match on Friday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They were the clear victors by a 10-1 margin over the Warriors. Fowler's victory was all the more impressive since the Warriors were averaging only 3.06 runs allowed on the season.
Fowler pushed their record up to 27-3 with the win, which was their 12th straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.4 runs over those games. As for Morro Bay, their win bumped their record up to 25-6.
Morro Bay might still be hurting after the 10-4 loss they got from Fowler in their previous matchup back in May of 2019. Can the Pirates avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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