The Mission Bears will head out on the road to take on the O'Connell Boilermakers at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
After soaring to 15 runs the game before, Mission were a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They fell just short of Balboa by a score of 3-2.
Mission saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Salvador Rodriguez, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
O'Connell kicked off their season on the road back in February and hit a couple of potholes. They fell victim to a rough 13-3 defeat at the hands of Burton.
Mission's loss dropped their record down to 4-7. As for O'Connell, they dropped their record down to 0-1 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Mission was able to grind out a solid victory over O'Connell when the teams last played back in April of 2016, winning 4-0. Will Mission repeat their success, or does O'Connell have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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