Baseball Game Preview: Lipan Indians vs. Perrin-Whitt Pirates

Indians

Runs

03/11/25 vs Cisco	5
03/08/25 vs Gorman	17
03/08/25 vs Non Varsity Opponent	1
03/07/25 @ De Leon	8
03/05/25 @ Dublin	2
+ 5 more games

The Lipan Indians are taking a road trip to take on the Perrin-Whitt Pirates at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lipan is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.

Lipan took a 13-run loss the last time they faced off against Cisco, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. Lipan skirted past Cisco 5-3. While the Indians didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

Trew Phillips spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three runs (all of which were unearned) on five hits and racked up six Ks. Furthermore, he didn't allow a single earned run, the first time he has blanked an opponent since back in April of 2024.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Brayden Harrison, who scored two runs and stole Four bases. while going 2-for-3.

Meanwhile, Perrin-Whitt unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They lost 16-3 to Alvord on Tuesday.

Perrin-Whitt saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Keeney, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

The win made it two in a row for Lipan and bumps their season record up to 7-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Perrin-Whitt, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-1.

Lipan might still be hurting after the 15-9 loss they got from Perrin-Whitt in their previous meeting back in March of 2018. Can Lipan avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.